7And they are not all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, In Isaac will your seed be named.
8That is, it is not the children of the flesh, but the children of God's undertaking, who are named as the seed.
9For this is the word of God's undertaking, At this time will I come, and Sarah will have a son.
10And not only so, but Rebecca being about to have a child by our father Isaac--
11Before the children had come into existence, or had done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose and his selection might be effected, not by works, but by him whose purpose it is,
12It was said to her, The older will be the servant of the younger.
13Even as it is said, I had love for Jacob, but for Esau I had hate.