The Book of Mormon

1 Nephi 3:14

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But Laman fled out of his presence, and told the things which Laban had done, unto us. And we began to be exceeding sorrowful, and my brethren were about to return unto my father in the wilderness.

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But Laman fled out of his presence, and told the things which Laban had done, unto us. And we began to be exceedingly sorrowful, and my brethren were about to return unto my father in the wilderness.

Simple English

But Laman ran away and told us what Laban had done. We became very sad. My brothers wanted to go back to our father in the desert.

Paraphrase

Laman ran back to us and told us what happened. We were crushed. My brothers wanted to give up and go back to Father.