The Book of Mormon

1 Nephi 18:25

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And it came to pass that we did find upon the Land of Promise, as we journied in the wilderness, that there were beasts in the forests of every kind, both the cow, and the ox, and the ass, and the horse, and the goat, and the wild goat, and all manner of wild animals, which were for the use of men. And we did find all manner of ore, both of gold, and of silver, and of copper.

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And it came to pass that we did find upon the Lland of Ppromise, as we journieyed in the wilderness, that there were beasts in the forests of every kind, both the cow, and the ox, and the ass, and the horse, and the goat, and the wild goat, and all manner of wild animals, which were for the use of men. And we did find all manner of ore, both of gold, and of silver, and of copper.

Simple English

We found many animals in the forests of the promised land. There were cows, oxen, donkeys, horses, goats, wild goats, and all kinds of wild animals that people could use. We also found all kinds of metal ore: gold, silver, and copper.

Paraphrase

As we explored the wilderness of this promised land, we found all kinds of animals in the forests: cattle, oxen, donkeys, horses, goats, wild goats, and many other wild animals we could use. We also found deposits of gold, silver, and copper.