«Te he amado —dice el SEÑOR—. Pero ustedes dicen: "¿En qué nos has amado?" "¿No era Esaú hermano de Jacob?" —dice el SEÑOR—. "Sin embargo, amé a Jacob;
I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? {Was} not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
אָהַ֤בְתִּי אֶתְכֶם֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם בַּמָּ֣ה אֲהַבְתָּ֑נוּ הֲלוֹא־אָ֨ח עֵשָׂ֤ו לְיַֽעֲקֹב֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וָאֹהַ֖ב אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹֽב׃
ʾahabtiy ʾetkem ʾamar yhvah vaʾamartem bamah ʾahabtanv halvoʾ-ʾaḥ ʿeshav lyaʿaqob nʾum-yhvah vaʾohab ʾet-yaʿaqob