# 2 Esdras 3:16

**Apocrypha.** Not part of the 66-book Protestant canon. Catholic and Orthodox churches accept these books as deuterocanonical.

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- Edition: kjv-apocrypha
- Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/2-esdras/3/16
- Book: [2 Esdras](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/2-esdras)
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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.