...there be any Jornicator, or profane person, as Esau, -who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. For ye kno-w how that after-ward, -when he -would...repentance, though he sought it carefully -with tears."— Heb. xii. 16, 17. THE history of the wicked, as well as of the righteous, is useful. By their crimes...

...me ! Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me.' 154 SERMON VIII. FRUITLESS REPENTANCE. HEBREWS XII. 17. For ye know how that afterward, when he would have...of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears1. THE account, which the Scripture gives of Esau, conveys a solemn warning to a class of characters...

...come unto him, and make our abode with him p. 127. SERMON VIII. Fruitless Repentance. HEBREWS xn. 17- For ye know how that afterward, when he would have...found no place of repentance, though he sought it care~ fully with tears p. 154. SERMON IX. The Tendency of Prevalent Opinions about Knowledge considered....

...think of the deplorable case of Esau, who, for one morsel of meat, sold his birthright; and afterwards, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was...rejected; for he found no place of repentance, though ho sought it carefully, with tears? Minister. He certainly lost, or rather sold his birthright; in...

...there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright, 17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have...repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. Heb. 12:14-17 Sorcery and AH Idolatrous Practice Forbidden: The Penalty is Death 9 When thou art come...

...into the text a meaning different from the one intended by the original author. Hebrews 12:17 says, "For ye know how that afterward, when he would have...repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears." This verse is often interpreted to mean that Esau was unable to repent although he sought it carefully...

...father, Isaac, to change his mind. The Holy Spirit bluntly labels Esau as a "profane person" and says "he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears" (Heb. 12:16-17). That sounds well enough until we reread the text and see that all Esau exhibited was...

...property. He did want that part of the blessing. Finally, notice is taken of what Esau discovered. "He found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears" (12:176, margin). The repentance spoken of here was not repentance on Esau's part. It was repentance,...

...John 2:1, 2. Introduction to Strategy # 6 Genesis 27:30-38; Hebrews 12:11-17 Hebrews 12:l7b "...(Esau) found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears." Let us consider what some of God's most studious servants have said regarding the interpretation of...

...sold his own birthright for a single meal and then afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, was rejected, for he found no place of repentance "though he sought for it with tears" (Hebrews 12:16-17). The sorrow that both Esau and Judas knew was without question...