“Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,”
Romans 9:11
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Paul is pointing back to Jacob and Esau. Before the twins were born, God told Rebekah that the older would serve the younger, and Paul uses this to show that God's call comes "by Him who calls" (Romans 9:12). The family line God named that day ran on through Jacob and Judah to Jesus.
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The twins in this verse are Jacob and Esau. Before they were born, God had made a promise to Rebekah about her sons, and He kept it on His own terms. When Jacob ran for his life, God told him, "I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you" (Genesis 28:15).
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