“ It was said unto her, The elderc shall serve the younger. ”
It was said unto her - By Yahweh; see Genesis 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...
(9) It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. (9) He proves the casting away of Esau in that he was made servant to his brother: and proves the choosing of Jacob in that he was made l...
God's Free Election. Romans 9:6-9 . We must distinguish: to be of Israel, is not to be Israel. Mere physical heredity counts for nothing: Isaac was the proper seed of Abraham, designated as the c...
unto . to. elder . greater. serve . Greek. douleuo . App-190. younger . less. See Genesis 25:23 .
12. The elder shall serve the younger See how the Lord makes a difference between the sons of Isaac, while they were as yet in their mother’s womb; for this was the heavenly answer, by which...
It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. 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...
It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. No JFB commentary on this verse.
The Rejection of Israel no Disparagement or Disproof of the Gospel The Apostle sorrows over the exclusion of Israel ( Romans 9:1-5 ), but their exclusion does not involve any breach of God's promi...
(6-13) Now follows a vindication of the dealings of God in rejecting Israel. And this is divided into three parts. Part 1 extends to the end of Romans 9:13 , and the object of it is to clear the way...
Chapter 20 THE SORROWFUL PROBLEM: JEWISH UNBELIEF; DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY Romans 9:1-33 WE may well think that again there was silence awhile in that Corinthian chamber, when Tertius had duly insc...
Longing for His Kinsmen Romans 9:1-13 Our consciences should be continually bathed in the light and warmth of the Holy Spirit, Romans 9:1 , that the inward witness may be maintained in its int...
The connection between this very remarkable passage and the preceding climax is close. The great certainty of "no separation" is the experience of one in close communion with the Lord experimentally....
Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: (7) Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall t...
It was said unto her ,.... To Rebecca, Genesis 25:23 , the elder shall serve the younger , or "the greater shall serve the lesser", an Hebrew way of speaking; so Japheth is called הגדול, "the gre...
It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. Ver. 12. Shall serve ] Servitude came in with a curse, and figureth reprobation, Genesis 9:25 ; Joh 8:34-35 Galatians 4:30 .
For this is the word of promise To show that Isaac was a son of promise, (and so a meet type of those that should be begotten of God by the promise of the gospel through faith,) he cites the words...
What of God's Promises to Israel? Now, such being the case - that God had purposed in eternal counsel the blessing of Gentiles on an equal basis with Jews, as it is this day - what is to become of...
The Divine Sovereignty. A. D. 58. 6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. Fo...
This verse is to be read with Romans 9:10,11 being a parenthesis. Then when she resorted to the Lord for counsel, about the struggling of the children in her womb, it was told her, or revealed to...
The Messsiah Has Come And Is For All. God Has Not Failed In His Promises To The True Israel. Salvation For All is Through Faith In The Messiah (9:1-11:36) Paul now expands on Chapter s 1-8, in whi...
CRITICAL NOTES Romans 9:13 . As it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated —There is no necessity to soften the “hated” into “loved less”; the words in Malachi proceed on the fullest meaning...
The Jews thought that God must certainly save them. They thought they had a birth claim. Were they not the children of Abraham? Surely they had some right to it. This chapter battles the question of...
Romans 9:1 . I say the truth in Christ, I lie not. These forms of speech are equivalent to a solemn oath, and emanate from a heart deeply imbued with the sentiments of the Saviour, who often wept...
EXPOSITION Romans 11:1-45 2. The present position and prospects of the Jewish nation con-sidereal. Romans 9:1-45 (1) Deep regret expressed for the present exclusion of the Jewish n...
An additional example of rejection:
1 Kings 22:47 ; 2 Samuel 8:14 ; Genesis 25:22 ; Genesis 25:23
Hath God Cast Away His People? Romans 9:1-27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. We have the depths of the heart of Paul toward the Jews. How the heart of the Apostle must have throbbed as he wrote, "I say...
The elder — Esau. Shall serve the younger — Not in person, for he never did; but in his posterity. Accordingly the Edomites were often brought into subjection by the Israelites. Genesis 25:23 .