Exodus 32:12-14

Expanded Bible

¹² ·Don’t let [^LWhy should…?] the people of Egypt say, ‘The Lord brought the Israelites out of Egypt for an evil purpose. He planned to kill them in the mountains and ·destroy [^Lwipe] them from the earth.’ So ·stop being angry [change your mind; relent], and don’t ·destroy [^Lbring harm on] your people. ¹³ Remember ·the men who served you [^Lyour servants]—Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. You promised with an oath to them and said, ‘I will make your ·descendants [seed] as many as the stars in the sky [Gen. 15:5; 22:17; 26:4]. I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised them, and ·it will be theirs [^Lthey will inherit it] forever [Gen. 12:1–3].’” ¹⁴ So the Lord ·changed his mind [relented] and did not ·destroy [^Lbring harm on] the people as he had said he might.