## God saw what they did ## "God understood that they that they stopped doing evil actions" ## God changed his mind about the punishment which he had said he would do to them ## "God changed his thinking about the punishment that he had said he would do to them" or "God decided not to punish them as he had said he would" ## and he did not do it ## This can be translated more specifically: "and he did not punish them" or "and he did not destroy them."