You set apart Jacob for yourself, but rejected Esau. Jacob became a great multitude.
KJV
2 Esdras 3:16
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.
Parallel Translations
And vnto him thou gauest Isahac, vnto Isahac also thou gauest Iacob and Esau, and didest chose Iacob, and cast of Esau, and so Iacob became a great multitude.