In one notable passage (Allegorical Interpretation 3.65–106), he examines scriptural examples where God’s giving seems to defy rationality or justice. This includes God’s choice of Jacob over Esau even before they were born. How could that be fair? God must have known, says Philo, what their characters would be (he foresaw it in their names); on that basis, he chose the one who was worthy of his blessing.
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