said to her, “The elder will serve the younger”; 13 it is even written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated”! Romans 9:6–13 This chapter covers Romans 9:6–13, wherein Paul articulates the concern regarding whether God has broken faith with his people. On my reading, Paul repudiates the notion that God has rejected Israel, justifiably or no. Instead, he begins 9:6–29 by expanding upon God’s record of faithfulness toward his people, a faithfulness on which their existence and identity is predicated (and