Malachi 1:2 Kommentar: Rashi & Tze'enah Ure'enah

And I loved Jacob And I gave him (Jer. 3:19) “a desirable land, an inheritance of the desire of hosts of nations”; a land that all the hosts of nations desire.

“I have loved you, says the Lord” [1:2]. God says, I love you, and you will say: with what does He love us? Is not Esau a brother to Jacob, says God? I have loved Jacob and I hate Esau. I will expel Esau from the Holy Land. I will give the Holy Land to you, Jacob. With this it will be recognized that I love you.²Rashi, Malachi, 1:2. A parable. A person has two sons. He gives the older one the best land as an inheritance. In the same way, I will give the land of Israel, the good land, to Israel.