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the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth,(A) and he was deeply grieved. Then the Lord said, ‘I will wipe mankind, whom I created, off the face of the earth, together with the animals, creatures that crawl, and birds of the sky – for I regret that I made them.’

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14 So the Lord relented(A) concerning the disaster he had said he would bring on his people.

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16 Then the angel extended his hand towards Jerusalem to destroy it,(A) but the Lord relented concerning the destruction(B) and said to the angel who was destroying(C) the people, ‘Enough, withdraw your hand now! ’ The angel of the Lord was then at the threshing-floor of Araunah[a] the Jebusite.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 24:16 = Ornan in 1Ch 21:15–28; 2Ch 3:1