The Book of Mormon

1 Nephi 16:14

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And it came to pass that we did take our bows and our arrows, and go forth into the wilderness, to slay food for our families; and after that we had slain food for our families, we did return again to our families in the wilderness, to the place of Shazer. And we did go forth again, in the wilderness, following the same direction, keeping in the most fertile parts of the wilderness, which was in the borders near the Red Sea.

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And it came to pass that we did take our bows and our arrows, and go forth into the wilderness, to slay food for our families; and after that we had slain food for our families, we did return again to our families in the wilderness, to the place of Shazer. And we did go forth again, in the wilderness, following the same direction, keeping in the most fertile parts of the wilderness, which wasere in the borders near the Red Sea.

Simple English

We took our bows and arrows and went into the wilderness to hunt food for our families. After we killed animals for food, we returned to our families at Shazer. We went out again in the wilderness, following the same direction. We stayed in the most fertile parts of the wilderness near the Red Sea.

Paraphrase

We took our bows and arrows and went hunting for food. After we’d killed enough for our families, we returned to them at Shazer. Then we traveled on through the wilderness in the same direction, staying in the most fertile areas near the Red Sea.