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Heb. 12:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For ye know how that afterward, when heu would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no ηplace of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

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Gen. 27:34‑38• ³⁴When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a cry great and exceedingly bitter, and said to his father, Bless me, me also, my father.
³⁵And he said, Thy brother came with subtlety and has taken away thy blessing.
³⁶And he said, Is he not rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: my birthright he took away; and behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved for me a blessing?
³⁷And Isaac answered and said to Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren I have given him for servants; and corn and new wine have I supplied him; and what then shall I do for thee, my son?
³⁸And Esau said to his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, me also, my father. And Esau lifted up his voice and wept. (Gen. 27:34‑38)

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or, way to change his mind.

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when he.

Gen. 27:31‑41• ³¹And he also prepared savoury meat, and brought [it] in to his father, and said to his father, Let my father arise and eat of his son's venison, in order that thy soul may bless me.
³²And Isaac his father said to him, Who [art] thou? And he said, I [am] thy son, thy firstborn, Esau.
³³And Isaac trembled with a trembling exceedingly great, and said, Who then [is] he that hunted venison and brought [it] to me? And I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him: also blessed he shall be.
³⁴When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a cry great and exceedingly bitter, and said to his father, Bless me, me also, my father.
³⁵And he said, Thy brother came with subtlety and has taken away thy blessing.
³⁶And he said, Is he not rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: my birthright he took away; and behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved for me a blessing?
³⁷And Isaac answered and said to Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren I have given him for servants; and corn and new wine have I supplied him; and what then shall I do for thee, my son?
³⁸And Esau said to his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, me also, my father. And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.
³⁹And Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, of the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling, and of the dew of heaven from above;
⁴⁰and by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt rove about, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
⁴¹And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand, and I will slay my brother Jacob. (Gen. 27:31‑41)

he was.

Heb. 6:8• ⁸but if bringing forth thorns and briars, [is] worthless and near a curse, whose end [is] for burning. (Heb. 6:8)

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Prov. 1:24‑31• ²⁴Because I have called, and ye refused;{HR}I have stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;
²⁵And ye have rejected all my counsel,{HR}And would none of my reproof:
²⁶I also will laugh at your calamity.{HR}I will mock when your fear cometh;
²⁷When your fear cometh as sudden destruction,{HR}And your calamity cometh as a whirlwind;{HR}When distress and anguish come upon you.
²⁸Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer;{HR}They will seek me diligently but shall not find me.
²⁹Because they hated knowledge{HR}And chose not the fear of Jehovah;
³⁰They would none of my counsel,{HR}They despised all my reproof;
³¹Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way,{HR}And be filled with their own devices. (Prov. 1:24‑31)

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Jer. 6:30• ³⁰Reprobate silver shall they call them, for Jehovah hath rejected them. (Jer. 6:30)

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Matt. 7:23• ²³And then will I avow to them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work lawlessness. (Matt. 7:23)

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Matt. 25:11‑12• ¹¹Afterward came also the rest of the virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
¹²But he answering, said, Verily I know you not. (Matt. 25:11‑12)

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Luke 13:24‑27• ²⁴Strive with earnestness to enter in through the narrow door, for many, I say unto you, will endeavour to enter in and will not be able.
²⁵From the time that the master of the house shall have risen up, and shall have shut the door, and ye shall begin to stand without and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he answering shall say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
²⁶then shall ye begin to say, We did eat and drink in thy presence and thou didst teach in our streets;
²⁷and he shall say, I tell you, I do not know you whence ye are; depart from me, all [ye] workers of iniquity. (Luke 13:24‑27)

for he.

Heb. 6:4‑6• ⁴For [it is] impossible to renew again unto repentance those that were once enlightened
⁵and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit and tasted God's good word, and powers of an age to come,
⁶and have fallen away, while for themselves crucifying and making a show of the Son of God. (Heb. 6:4‑6)

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Heb. 10:26‑29• ²⁶For if we sin wilfully after receiving the full knowledge of the truth, there no longer remaineth a sacrifice for sins,
²⁷but a certain fearful expectation of judgment and heat of fire about to devour the adversaries.
²⁸Anyone if he set at nought Moses' law dieth apart from mercy on two or three witnesses:
²⁹of how much worse punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy that trod down the Son of God, and counted common the blood of the covenant whereby he was sanctified, and insulted the Spirit of grace? (Heb. 10:26‑29)

place for repentance.

or, way to change his mind.

• It was not repentance that Esau earnestly sought with tears, but the blessing which his father even had wished wrongly to alienate from Jacob, the heir designated of Jehovah from before their birth. (“Hebrews 12:12-17” by W. Kelly)

• It was not, let us note, repentance that Esau earnestly sought with tears, but rather the blessing when it was too late. (“God's Means to Keep Us in the Path of Faith: Hebrews 12” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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for ye know that also afterwards, desiring to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, (for he found no place for repentance) although he sought itq earnestly with tears.

JND Translation Notes

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"The blessing." What he sought in Gen. 27.34.

W. Kelly Translation

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for ye know that even when afterward desiring to inherit the blessing he was rejected (for he found no place of repentancea), though he sought it earnestly with tears.

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Esau sought importunately the blessing of his father and with tears. He was a self-willed, profane, and unclean man. Not a word is breathed of repentance. He had already despised his birthright heartlessly. God was in none of his thoughts, but he counted on Isaac’s carnal partiality; as Jacob, misled by Rebecca, trusting to cunning, instead of crying to God and resting on His purpose, which, spite of their low state, both believed in. Hence the RV joins the JND, and very properly in parenthetically marking the clause, "for he found no place of (or, for) repentance." The parenthesis sets out the true meaning. It was not repentance, but the inheritance of blessing which Esau sought out with tears.