1 Kings 22:47; 2 Samuel 8:14; Genesis 25:22; Genesis 25:23
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 Hebr...
(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...
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 w...
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’...
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,...
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 ex...
From Genesis 25:23 ..
(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 Roma...
The elder shall serve the younger. — The margin gives as an alternative rendering, “the greater shall serve the lesser.” The quotation is taken fro...
Chapter 20 THE SORROWFUL PROBLEM: JEWISH UNBELIEF; DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY Romans 9:1-33 WE may well think that again there was silence awhile in t...
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 , th...
The connection between this very remarkable passage and the preceding climax is close. The great certainty of "no separation" is the experience of on...
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 Abr...
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...
It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. Ver. 12. Shall serve ] Servitude came in with a curse, and figureth reprobation, Genesi...
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...
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 w...
The Divine Sovereignty. A. D. 58. 6 Not as...
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 chi...
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-...
The Rejection Of Their Messiah By The Majority Of Israel Has Not Brought The Word Of God To Nought For It Has Always Been The Case That Not All Of S...
Not All Israel Are The True Israel. The True Israel Are a Remnant Of Israel Chosen By God, Together With Some Believing Gentiles. For God Has A Righ...
‘And not only so; but Rebecca also having conceived by one, even by our father Isaac. For the children being not yet born, nor having done anything g...
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”; t...
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...
Paul begins by expressing his great sorrow because the Jews had rejected Christ. Romans 9:1-3 . I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscienc...
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 w...
EXPOSITION Romans 11:1-45 2. The present position and prospects of the Jewish nation con-sidereal. Romans 9:1-45 (1) Deep regret e...
An additional example of rejection:
it was said unto her, the elder shall serve the younger.
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 t...
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...
12 It was said unto her, The elderc shall serve the younger.