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Gill's Exposition
As it is written,.... In Mal 1:2;
Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. These words are explanative of the former; they are of like import, and the one interpret the other; and show, that the…
Barnes' Notes
It was said unto her - By Yahweh; see Gen 25:23. The elder - The oldest son, which was Esau. By the law of primogeniture among the Hebrews, he would have been entitled to special honors and…
Adam Clarke
The elder shall serve the younger - These words, with those of Malachi, Jacob have I loved, and Esau have I hated, are cited by the apostle to prove, according to their typical signification, that the…
The apostle, having made his way to that which he had to say, concerning the rejection of the body of his countrymen, with a protestation of his own affection for them and a concession of their…
Cambridge Bible
The elder, &c. Verbatim as LXX. of Gen 25:23 Of both Hebrew and Greek the literal rendering is The greater shall he bondsman to the less.
shall serve In the personal history of Esau and Jacob this was…