“And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.”
Balaam said to the angel, 'I have sinned, for I did not know that you were standing in the road against me. Now therefore, if it is displeasing to you, I will return home' — Balaam confesses sin (chatati, I have sinned) and repents. He recognizes his perversity; he offers to return home, to abandon the mission. His contrition appears sincere; he has been corrected and accepts the judgment. Yet the angel's response will be more subtle.
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