The Book of Mormon

1 Nephi 4:38

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~600 BC

1830 Edition

And it came to pass that we took the plates of brass and the servant of Laban, and departed into the wilderness, and journied unto the tent of our father.

Changes

And it came to pass that we took the plates of brass and the servant of Laban, and departed into the wilderness, and journieyed unto the tent of our father.

Simple English

We took the brass plates and Laban’s servant. We left for the desert and traveled to our father’s tent.

Paraphrase

So we took the brass plates and Laban’s servant and headed into the wilderness, back to our father’s tent.

Notes

4:19-38

Parallel: Both Nephi and Judith acquired some of the wicked man's possessions (Judith 15:11). Both Nephi and Judith used trickery to obtain the desired result (see Judith 11:1, 5-6, 19).

For other parallels, please see: 1 Nephi 1:1, 1 Nephi 1:2, 1 Nephi 1:17, 1 Nephi 4:20-24, 1 Nephi 2:4-6, 1 Nephi 3:3, 1 Nephi 3:16, 1 Nephi 3:25, 1 Nephi 3:31, 1 Nephi 4:1-2, 1 Nephi 4:4-5, 1 Nephi 4:7-9, 1 Nephi 4:18, 1 Nephi 4:19-24 & 38, 1 Nephi 4:20, 1 Nephi 4:27, 1 Nephi 5:9, 1 Nephi 13:40, 2 Nephi 5:8, Mosiah 10:13, 4 Nephi 1:31.

For a full note on the use of the Apocrypha, please see the annotation at 1 Nephi 1:1.