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552 posted on 04/21/2015 6:20:57 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)

"Even Esau...""Love" and "hate" are very poor translations of the underlying Hebrew words. "Love" is not an infatuation as we know it, but has more to do with recognizing the status of ones particular covenantal relationship with God and acting in loyal accord with the requirements of that relationship. Esau disdained his relationship and sold it for a bowl of soup. Similarly, "Hate" is the opposite--stating the lack of such a covenantal relationship. Jacob and his family maintained a covenantal relationship with Israel's God, Yahweh. Esau and his family do not have this relationship.