As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Ver. 13. Esau have I hated] i.e. I have not loved him, but passed him by; and this preterition is properly opposed to election.
As it is written] Malachi is alleged to explain Moses. It was rightly observed by Pareus (in the close of his Comment upon Genesis) that all the following Scriptures are but expositions of that first book. a
a Quicquid dehinc scripturarum est, huius est commentarius.