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Please DON'T FLAME me.

No flames here.

I welcome all logical discord for this interesting problem. It would be helpful to provide solutions than issues. Thanks.

I think that a few points may help, in understanding this.

1. I utterly failed to provide any CONTEXT, for the passages I cited. Although my excuse is that the post was already too long, knowing the context of each verse is necessary for understanding any verse.

2. The context of these verses will (I believe) show that each is about a singular event. That is, each is describing one situation, and what God did regarding that event. Thus:

3. It may be, that none of these are describing a general characteristic of God. Maybe we must look at all of these verses, and many more, before we can make definitive statements abut whether God can or does change His mind.

Hope this helps.

I respectfully disagree that “none of these are describing a general characteristic of God”. One can only read “God is not man that He should repent” as part of the make up of God. This is a definitive statement by God of what He is not-man-and what He does not do-repent. The context is irrelevant since it will not alter what God said about Himself.

Certainly the other “I repented” verses are problematic but in every single case they denote action on the part of God, not God’s character. Many of these verse uses the same Hebrew word “repent” as mentioned above. Therefore you must interpret all action “I repented” verses in context of who God is and scripture.