10 And she was not alone. For Rebecca also, having conceived by Isaac our father, from one act,
11 when the children had not yet been born, and had not yet done anything good or bad (such that the purpose of God might be based on their choice),
12 and not because of deeds, but because of a calling, it was said to her: "The elder shall serve the younger."
13 So also it was written: "I have loved Jacob, but I have hated Esau."
14 What should we say next? Is there unfairness with God? Let it not be so!
15 For to Moses he says: "I will pity whomever I pity. And I will offer mercy to whomever I will pity."
16 Therefore, it is not based on those who choose, nor on those who excel, but on God who takes pity.