2 Esdras 3:14
King James VersionSource notes
“Him thou lovedst, and unto him only thou shewedst thy will:”
Context
11Nevertheless one of them thou leftest, namely, Noah with his household, of whom came all righteous men.
12And it happened, that when they that dwelt upon the earth began to multiply, and had gotten them many children, and were a great people, they began again to be more ungodly than the first.
13Now when they lived so wickedly before thee, thou didst choose thee a man from among them, whose name was Abraham.
14Him thou lovedst, and unto him only thou shewedst thy will:
15And madest an everlasting covenant with him, promising him that thou wouldest never forsake his seed.
16And unto him thou gavest Isaac, and unto Isaac also thou gavest Jacob and Esau. As for Jacob, thou didst choose him to thee, and put by Esau: and so Jacob became a great multitude.
17And it came to pass, that when thou leadest his seed out of Egypt, thou broughtest them up to the mount Sinai.