Genesis 6:6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
6 the Lord regretted making human beings on the earth, and his heart was grieved.[a]
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- 6:6 His heart was grieved: the expression can be misleading in English, for “heart” in Hebrew is the seat of memory and judgment rather than emotion. The phrase is actually parallel to the first half of the sentence (“the Lord regretted…”).
Genesis 6:6
New International Version
6 The Lord regretted(A) that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled.
Exodus 32:14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
14 So the Lord changed his mind about the punishment he had threatened to inflict on his people.
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Exodus 32:14
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14 Then the Lord relented(A) and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.
1 Chronicles 21:15
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
15 God also sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it; but as the angel was on the point of destroying it, the Lord saw and changed his mind about the calamity, and said to the destroying angel, “Enough now! Stay your hand!”(A)
Ornan’s Threshing Floor. The angel of the Lord was then standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
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1 Chronicles 21:15
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15 And God sent an angel(A) to destroy Jerusalem.(B) But as the angel was doing so, the Lord saw it and relented(C) concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was destroying(D) the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand.” The angel of the Lord was then standing at the threshing floor of Araunah[a] the Jebusite.
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- 1 Chronicles 21:15 Hebrew Ornan, a variant of Araunah; also in verses 18-28
Jonah 3:10
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
10 When God saw by their actions how they turned from their evil way, he repented of the evil he had threatened to do to them; he did not carry it out.
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Jonah 3:10
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10 When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented(A) and did not bring on them the destruction(B) he had threatened.(C)
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