Does God Regret this Podcast?
Data Over Dogma
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The Openness of God
The word has been translated in multiple ways because as commentators note, there's no English word that can really capture its meaning. What the verse is getting at is that God was deeply saddened by the actions of mankind, but still needed to act to do something to fix the situation. So if we look at John Walton's commentary here, what he's trying to do is try to figure out a way to interpret this in a way that does not allow God to be repenting.
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