Hebrews 12:17

For you know that ¹  later when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no opportunity for repentance, although he sought the blessing ²  with tears.

Ge 27:31-41; Pr 1:24-31; Jer 6:30; Mt 7:23; Mt 25:11,12; Lu 13:24-27; Heb 6:4-6; Heb 6:8; Heb 10:26-29

¹ tn Or a command: “for understand that.”

² tn Grk “it,” referring either to the repentance or the blessing. But the account in Gen 27:34-41 (which the author appeals to here) makes it clear that the blessing is what Esau sought. Thus in the translation the referent (the blessing) is specified for clarity.