Esau then realized how displeasing the Canaanite women were to his father Isaac. The belated realization — after two Canaanite marriages and a lost blessing — is the pattern of Esau's life: understanding the covenant expectations after the moment for acting on them has passed. Hebrews 12:17 notes that Esau found no place of repentance though he sought it with tears. The application: the moment of understanding what was expected is more valuable before the choice is made than after it.

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