The Book of Mormon

1 Nephi 7:20

1830 Edition

And it came to pass that they were sorrowful, because of their wickedness, insomuch that they did bow down before me, and did plead with me, that I would forgive them of the thing that they had done against me.

Changes

And it came to pass that they were sorrowful, because of their wickedness, insomuch that they did bow down before me, and did plead with me, that I would forgive them of the thing that they had done against me.

Simple English

They felt sorry for their wickedness. They bowed down before me and begged me to forgive them for what they had done to me.

Paraphrase

Then my brothers felt terrible about what they’d done. They fell to their knees in front of me, begging me to forgive them.