Commentary for Sanhedrin 202:4

אבא שאול אומר אף ההוגה את השם באותיותיו וכו': תנא ובגבולין ובלשון עגה:

He pleaded thus before Him: 'Sovereign of the Universe! Is my sin greater than that of the six hundred thousand [Israelites] who are destined to sin before Thee, yet wilt Thou pardon them!' Esau — for it is written, [And Esau said unto his father,] Hast thou but one blessing, my father?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XXVII, 38: thus he justified his demand for a blessing. ');">⁶</span> Manasseh — he first called upon many deities, and [only] eventually called upon the God of his fathers.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is deduced from, And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God-implying that he had prayed to other deities before. 'If thou wilt not hearken to my prayer, he pleaded, 'of what profit was my turning to thee?' ');">⁷</span>

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