Ibn Ezra on Ki Sisa 32:14

English: AND THE LORD REPENTED. Heaven forbid for the Lord to repent. 63 To change His mind. Medieval Jewish philosophers taught that God is unchanging. This verse thus presented a problem to them. Rather, Scripture employed human terminology. Compare, And God went up (Gen. 35:13); 64 See I.E. on Gen. 11:5. And the Lord came down (Gen. 11:5); 65 See I.E.’s comments on this verse. Let the Lord rejoice in His works (Ps. 105:31), and, And it grieved Him at His heart (Gen. 6:6). 66 See I.E.’s comments on this verse. Look, Samuel said, And also the Glory of Israel will not lie nor repent (I Sam. 15:29). Nevertheless, Scripture there reads, It repenteth Me (I Sam. 15:11). 67 We thus see that the term repen