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.
17 For Scripture says to the Pharaoh: "I have raised you up for this purpose, so that I may reveal my power by you, and so that my name may be announced to all the earth."
18 Therefore, he takes pity on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.