inherit it forever’ ” (Exod. 32:13). Moses here reminds God that he made a promise, he swore a solemn oath (presumably a reference to Gen. 22:16–18 or possibly to 15:13–16); and he calls God to be true to his own commitments.13 Sandwiched between the second and third motivations is Moses’s petition or request: “Turn from your fierce wrath; change your mind and do not bring disaster on your people” (Exod. 32:12b). “Change your mind” is a translation of the Hebrew verb nāḥam, referring to God’s “repentance,”