<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>R' Micha wrote:</div><div>Actually, He doesn't. You're saying that Hashem knows *now* what the<br>child will choose. But Hashem doesn't have a "now". G-d's knowledge is<br>entirely without a "when", so it doesn't stand before, during or after<br>your decision.</div><div><br></div><div>If you read what I sent originally, I clearly stated: </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans'; font-size: 20px; ">"For Him, past, present and future are all together."</span></div><div><br></div><div>IMHO, we are just being informed by the Torah that Eisav's tendencies were such as to be drawn</div><div>to AZ. Many idolators of that time did not commit idolatry out of an evil inclination.</div><div>That was their natural inclination and once they were made aware of its evil, then the free choice</div><div>would come into play. In answer to Marty's second question, he wasn't punished for this in the womb.</div><div>He was punished for this once he understood the evil of AZ which was after he was born and capable</div><div>of understanding. </div></body></html>