As it is written,
Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
AD 202
Our God, one and the same, is also their God, who knows hidden things, who knoweth all things before they can come to pass; and for this reason has He said, "Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated."