2 Nephi 5:6

~588–559 BC

1830 Edition

Wherefore, it came to pass that I, Nephi, did take my family, and also Zoram and his family, and Sam, mine elder brother, and his family, and Jacob and Joseph, my younger brethren, and also my sisters, and all they which would go with me. And all they which would go with me, were they which believed in the warnings and the revelations of God; wherefore, they did hearken unto my words.

Changes

Wherefore, it came to pass that I, Nephi, did take my family, and also Zoram and his family, and Sam, mine elder brother, and his family, and Jacob and Joseph, my younger brethren, and also my sisters, and all thosey whicho would go with me. And all thosey whicho would go with me, were thosey whicho believed in the warnings and the revelations of God; wherefore, they did hearken unto my words.

Simple English

So I took my family. Zoram and his family came. Sam, my older brother, and his family came. Jacob and Joseph, my younger brothers, came. My sisters came too. Everyone who wanted to go with me came. All these people believed God’s warnings. So they listened to my words.

Paraphrase

So I took my family, along with Zoram and his family, my older brother Sam and his family, my younger brothers Jacob and Joseph, my sisters, and everyone else who wanted to come. Those who joined me believed in God’s warnings and revelations, so they listened to what I said.

Notes

5:6

This is the only reference to sister(s) in the Book of Mormon. The words grandmother and aunt are never used.

Nephi never mentions his wife's name. Nephi does not name any of his own children either (1 Nephi 18:19). Interestingly, he uses his own name "I, Nephi" eighty-six times.

Sariah is one of only three women in the New World who are given names. The others are "Abish" in Alma 19:16, and "the harlot Isabel" in Alma 39:3.

"The fact that the Book of Mormon story says so little about women seems to throw a serious cloud of doubt over Joseph Smith's contention that it was written by a number of ancient Jewish authors after 600 B.C. The claim is that these men had the ancient books of the Bible-books which contain the names of many women and stories concerning them. However, the uniform lack of material regarding women in the Book of Mormon points to just one author." -Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Joseph Smith's Plagiarism of the Bible in the Book of Mormon, p. 199.