“I have seen these people,” the Lord said to Moses, “and they are a stiff-necked(A) people. 10 Now leave me alone(B) so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy(C) them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”(D)

11 But Moses sought the favor(E) of the Lord his God. “Lord,” he said, “why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?(F) 12 Why should the Egyptians say, ‘It was with evil intent that he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth’?(G) Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring disaster(H) on your people. 13 Remember(I) your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self:(J) ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars(K) in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land(L) I promised them, and it will be their inheritance forever.’” 14 Then the Lord relented(M) and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.

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And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

10 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.

11 And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?

12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.

14 And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

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