34And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
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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.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. …
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 30-40)Here is, I. The covenant-blessing denied to Esau. He that made so light of the birthright would now have inherited the blessing, but he was rejected, and found no place of repentance in his father, though he sought it carefully with tears , Heb. 12:17. Observe, 1. How carefully he sought it. He prepared the savoury meat, as his father had directed him, and then begged the blessing which his father…
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