2 Esdras 6:8

8 And He said unto me, "From Abraham unto Isaac, when Jacob and Esau were born of him, Jacob's hand held from the beginning the heel of Esau.

2 Esdras 6:8 In-Context

6 then did I consider these things, and they all were made through Me alone, and through none other. By Me also they shall be ended, and by none other."

7 Then answered I and said, "What shall be the parting asunder of the times? Or when shall be the end of the first and the beginning of it that followeth?"

8 And He said unto me, "From Abraham unto Isaac, when Jacob and Esau were born of him, Jacob's hand held from the beginning the heel of Esau.

9 For Esau is the end of the world, and Jacob is the beginning of that which followeth.

10 The hand of man is between the heel and the hand. The other question, Ezra, ask thou not."