2 Esdras 3:15-17

Revised Standard Version

¹⁵ Thou didst make with him an everlasting covenant, and promise him that thou wouldst never forsake his descendants; and thou gavest to him Isaac, and to Isaac thou gavest Jacob and Esau. ¹⁶ And thou didst set apart Jacob for thyself, but Esau thou didst reject; and Jacob became a great multitude. ¹⁷ And when thou didst lead his descendants out of Egypt, thou didst bring them to Mount Sinai.