Alma 2:36
~87 BC
1830 Edition
and they fled before the Nephites, towards the wilderness which was west and north, away beyond the borders of the land; and the Nephites did pursue them with their might, and did slay them;
Influences
Acts 27:12 (KJV)
And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.
Changes
Simple English
They ran from the Nephites toward the wilderness in the west and north. This was beyond the borders of the land. The Nephites chased them hard and killed them.
Paraphrase
They ran northwest toward the wilderness, beyond the borders of the land. The Nephites chased them hard, cutting them down as they ran.