## our father Isaac...It is just ##

You may need to place 9:11 after 9:12: "our father Isaac, it was said to her, 'The older will serve the younger.' Now the children were not yet born...because of him who calls. It is just."

## our father ##

Isaac was the ancestor of Paul and of the Jewish believers in Rome. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-inclusive]])

## conceived ##

"became pregnant"

## for the children were not yet born, neither having yet done anything good or bad ##

"before the children were born and had not done anything good or bad"

## so that the purpose of God according to choice might stand ##

"so that what God wants to happen according to His choice might happen"

## for the children were not yet born ##

"before the children were born"

## neither having yet done anything good or bad ##

"not because of anything they had done"

## because of him ##

because of God

## it was said to her, "The older will serve the younger." ##

God said to Rebecca, "The older son will serve the younger son."

## "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated" ##

God hated Esau only in comparison to how much he loved Jacob. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])