For you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for a change of mind though he sought it diligently with tears.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Hebrews 12:17 in context
Hebrews 12:14–20
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Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
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looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you and many be defiled by it,
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lest there be any sexually immoral person or profane person, like Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.
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For you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for a change of mind though he sought it diligently with tears.
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For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm,
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the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them,
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for they could not stand that which was commanded, “If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned”.
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