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Ge 27:38 King James And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

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The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
and Esau

Esau wept because of a lost advantage, but "found no way to change his mind, though he sought it carefully with tears" (Heb 12:17) so far may regret or remorse be from true repentance:
 
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17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.