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Selected Verse: Genesis 27:38 - Strong Concordance

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Ge 27:38 Strong Concordance And Esau [06215] said [0559] unto his father [01], Hast thou but one [0259] blessing [01293], my father [01]? bless [01288] me, even me also, O my father [01]. And Esau [06215] lifted up [05375] his voice [06963], and wept [01058].
  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 [1063] ye know [2467] how [3754] that afterward [2532] [3347], when he would [2309] have inherited [2816] the blessing [2129], he was rejected [593]: for [1063] he found [2147] no [3756] place [5117] of repentance [3341], though [2539] he sought [1567] it [846] carefully [1567] with [3326] tears [1144].