Romans 9:12 BSB — MannaFest

Romans 9:12

not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

KJV

It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

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Commentary

4 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Romans (1107)

One was chosen and loved, and the other hated, so that everything might be the work of God and of His election and foreknowledge, and not from works, but from Him who calls.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

As God chose Isaac and Jacob, and rejected Ishmael and Esau, so he might and did choose faith to be the condition of salvation and reject the works of the law. Thus Arminius understands it, De rejectis et assumptis talibus, certa qualitate notatis--Concerning such as are rejected and such as are chosen, being distinguished by appropriate qualities; so John Goodwin.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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 purpose of God, according to election, does and will stand, not of works, but of him that calleth; that is, that the purpose of God, which is the ground of that election which he makes among men, unto the honor of being Abraham’s seed, might appear to remain unchangeable in him; and to be even the same which he had declared unto Abraham.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐρρέθη	errethē	[12] it was said	G2046 →
αὐτῇ	autēa	to her	G846 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ὁ	ho	The	G3588 →
μείζων	meizōn	older	G3173 →
δουλεύσει	douleusei	will serve	G1398 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
ἐλάσσονι·	elassoni	younger;	G1640 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Samuel 8:14
He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
leads to
- Genesis 25:23
  and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 27:29
  May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you…
- Genesis 27:37–40
  But Isaac answered Esau: “Look, I have made him your master and given him all his relatives as servants; I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can…
- Numbers 24:17–18
  I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and…
Through
1 Kings 22:47
And there was no king in Edom; a deputy served as king.
leads to
- 2 Kings 3:9
  So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set out, and after they had traveled a roundabout route for seven days, they had no water for their army…
- 2 Samuel 8:14
  He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
- 2 Kings 8:20
  In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.
- Genesis 27:40
  You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”