14 You loved, and to him only you showed the end of the times secretly by night, (WEB) 15 and made an everlasting covenant with him, promising him that you would never forsake his descendants. To him, you gave Isaac, and to Isaac you gave Jacob and Esau. (WEB) 16 You set apart Jacob for yourself, but rejected Esau. Jacob became a great multitude. (WEB)
2 Esdras 3:14–16
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