2 Esdras 3:16
King James VersionSource notes
“And 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.”
Context
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.
18And bowing the heavens, thou didst set fast the earth, movedst the whole world, and madest the depths to tremble, and troubledst the men of that age.
19And thy glory went through four gates, of fire, and of earthquake, and of wind, and of cold; that thou mightest give the law unto the seed of Jacob, and diligence unto the generation of Israel.