Exodus 32

11 But Moses sought the favor of the Lord his God: "Lord, why does your anger burn against your people you brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a strong hand? 12 Why should the Egyptians say, ‘He brought them out with an evil intent to kill them in the mountains and eliminate them from the face of the earth’? Turn from your fierce anger and relent concerning this disaster planned for your people.  * 32:11–12 Nm 14:13–16; Dt 9:18,26–2913 Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel — you swore to them by yourself  * 32:13 Gn 22:16–18; Heb 6:13 and declared, ‘I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and will give your offspring all this land that I have promised, and they will inherit it forever.’ "  * 32:13 Gn 12:7; 13:15; 15:7,18; 26:4; 35:11–1214 So the Lord relented  * 32:14 2Sm 24:16; Ps 106:45 concerning the disaster he had said he would bring on his people.