What happened when Esau later sought to inherit the blessing?

Les teaches that this occurred thirty-seven years later, when Esau would have inherited the blessing or the double portion. He was rejected, for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. Les explains that Esau's repentance was aimed at his father Isaac: Esau was so distraught that he thought his weeping and crying could get Isaac to change his mind. But Isaac would not, because that just wasn't the custom. Esau was also bewailing the fact that he had now missed the birthright and the blessing. Les connects Esau's problem to Cain: Cain had the same opportunity as Abel, but his problem was no faith. He saw no significance in what God said, and so it was with Esau, who saw no significance in spiritual things. Les applies this to our own day, asking whether that is not exactly where many people in America are.