Hebrews 12:16-18
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16 Make sure that nobody among you has sex in a wrong way. Be careful that nobody is careless about God's rules, like Esau was long ago.[a] He gave away everything that he would have received as his father's first son. He gave it all away so that he could get only one meal. 17 As you know, after that, he still wanted to receive those good things from his father. He wanted his father to ask God to bless him. But his father refused to do that. Esau cried very much when he asked his father to give him those good things. But there was no way that Esau could change what he had done.
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18 You have come near to God. But you have not come to a place that you can touch, like Sinai mountain.[b] That mountain burned with fire. But where the people stood, it was completely dark. They could not see at all. There was also a very strong wind and a storm.
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- 12:16 Esau was Isaac's first son. The oldest son in a family was very important. He received the biggest part of his father's land and money when his father died. Also, the father asked God to bless that son and give him good things. But Esau gave away all these things to his brother, Jacob. See Genesis 25:29-34; 27:30-41.
- 12:18 Israel's people came near to Sinai mountain after they left Egypt. That was where Moses received God's laws for the people. See Exodus 19:10-25; Deuteronomy 4:11-12; 5:22-26.
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