“Jacob said: God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, Lord, who says to me: Return to your land, and to the land of your birth, and I will benefit you” (Genesis 32:10). “Jacob said: God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac” – but not of Esau? It is, rather, that [God says:] ‘One who chooses their path and performs actions like theirs, I affirm My presence over him; one who does not choose their path and does not perform actions like theirs, I do not affirm My presence over him.’
Rav Huna said in the name of Rabbi Aḥa: Who was close to David; was it not Aḥaz? But he leaves Aḥaz and says to Hezekiah: “So said the Lord, God of David, your father” (II Kings 20:5). It is, rather, that [God says:] ‘One who chooses their path and performs actions like theirs, I affirm My presence over him; one who does not choose their path and does not perform actions like theirs, I do not affirm My presence over him.’