if god is perfect then how come in exodus 32:14 it says that he repented?

Answer 1

Repent, and the root of the word from Latin or Greek or whatever language it is actaully means to turn around and change ones mind. It dosent actually mean exclusively saying sorry but has come to mean that.

Answer 2

Yes he did. Only to teach us how to repent. That's my theory anyway.


Exodus 32:14
The Lord changed His mind


"So the Lord changed His mind about the harm which He said He would do to His people," (Exodus 32:14, NASB).

Different Bible's translate this verse differently. The NASB says, "the Lord changed His mind." The NIV and NKJV say "The Lord relented." The KJV, RSV, and the 1901 ASV say, "The Lord repented." The Hebrew word at issue here is for relent/repent is נָחַם (nacham). There are 108 occurrences in the Old Testament. The KJV translates it as “comfort” 57 times, “repent” 41 times, “comforter” nine times, and “ease” once.1
The issue, of course, is whether or not God actually goes through a process of changing His mind due to learning something as the open theists would maintain. But, is God actually reacting to knew information or is He working on our level, in our reference, for our benefit? The context is important. Moses was upon on Mount Sinai receiving the Ten Commandments. The people had become impatient as they waited for him to return. So, they then made a golden calf to worship. God then says to Moses in Exodus 32:10, “Now then let Me alone, that My anger may burn against them, and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you a great nation.” Moses then intercedes for the Jews and asks God to not destroy them.

Answer 3

In the bible, the word "repent" means to turn from. God was not repenting of a sin. He was turning from bringing judgment on the nation of Israel. God done this because Moses prayed to Him. Moses found grace in the sight of God.

"and the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people." Exodus 32:14 KJV
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Answer 4

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Exodus 32:14 (New International Version)
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14 Then the LORD relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.

Answer 5

Well, mine has
14 "So the Lord changed his mind and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened."

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Answer 6

. Moses went up Mount Horeb several times, remaining on two occasions for periods of 40 days and nights. After the first of these occasions he returned with two stone tablets “written on by God’s finger,” containing “the Ten Words” or Ten Commandments, the basic laws of the Law covenant. On this first occasion Moses showed himself to be fittingly qualified as mediator between Jehovah and Israel and leader of this great nation of perhaps three million or more.

When Moses was in the mountain, Jehovah informed him that the people had turned to idolatry and Jehovah said: “Now let me be, that my anger may blaze against them and I may exterminate them, and let me make you into a great nation.” Moses’ immediate reply revealed that the sanctification of Jehovah’s name was the thing of primary importance to him, that he was completely unselfish and did not desire fame for himself. He asked nothing for himself but, rather, showed concern for Jehovah’s name that He had recently exalted by the Red Sea miracle, and regard for God’s promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Jehovah, in approval of Moses’ plea, spared the people. Here it is seen that Jehovah regarded Moses as satisfactorily filling his mediatorial role and that He respected the arrangement through which he had appointed Moses to that office. Thus, Jehovah “began to feel regret over the evil that he had spoken of doing to his people” that is, because of altered circumstances, he changed his attitude regarding bringing evil upon them.