“For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.”
Hebrews 12:17
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Connection with Esau's tears
Esau wept for his father's blessing in Genesis 27:34-38. He named his father, his brother and his birthright, and he never named the LORD. Hebrews looks back on those tears and says he found no ground for repentance.
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