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Hebrews 12:16-18
Good News Translation
Hebrews 12:16-18
Good News Translation
16 (A)Let no one become immoral or unspiritual like Esau, who for a single meal sold his rights as the older son. 17 (B)Afterward, you know, he wanted to receive his father's blessing; but he was turned back, because he could not find any way to change what he had done, even though in tears he looked for it.[a]
18 (C)You have not come, as the people of Israel came, to what you can feel, to Mount Sinai with its blazing fire, the darkness and the gloom, the storm,
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- Hebrews 12:17 he looked for it; or he tried to get the blessing.
Hebrews 12:16-18
New International Version
Hebrews 12:16-18
New International Version
16 See that no one is sexually immoral,(A) or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son.(B) 17 Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected. Even though he sought the blessing with tears,(C) he could not change what he had done.
The Mountain of Fear and the Mountain of Joy
18 You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm;(D)
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