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11-12 The twins were in Rebekah’s womb when God said to her, “The older will serve the younger.”[a] This was not based on merit or actions; the twins had not done anything to please or displease God. This was God’s call on each son and His desired purposes.

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11 Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad(A)—in order that God’s purpose(B) in election might stand: 12 not by works but by him who calls—she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:12 Gen. 25:23