11. Yet, before they were born or had done any good or evil – in order that the purpose of Elohim, according to choice, might stand, not of works but of Him who calls –
12. it was said to her, “The greater shall serve the lesser,”
13. as it has been written, “Ya‛aqoḇ I have loved, but Ěsaw I have hated.”
14. What, then, shall we say? Is there unrighteousness with Elohim? Let it not be!
15. For He says to Mosheh, “I shall favour whomever I favour, and I shall have compassion on whomever I have compassion.”
16. So, then, it is not of him who is wishing, nor of him who is running, but of Elohim who shows favour.
17. For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this same purpose I have raised you up, to show My power in you, and that My Name be declared in all the earth.”
18. So, then, He favours whom He wishes, and He hardens whom He wishes.
19. Then you shall say to me, “Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His counsel?”