13. As the Scripture says, “I loved Jacob, but I hated Esau.”
14. So what should we say about this? Is God unfair? In no way.
15. God said to Moses, “I will show kindness to anyone to whom I want to show kindness, and I will show mercy to anyone to whom I want to show mercy.”
16. So God will choose the one to whom he decides to show mercy; his choice does not depend on what people want or try to do.
17. The Scripture says to the king of Egypt: “I made you king for this reason: to show my power in you so that my name will be talked about in all the earth.”