The Book of Mormon

Alma 26:1

1830 Edition

And now, these are the words of Ammon to his brethren, which sayeth thus: My brothers and my brethren, behold I say unto you, how great reason have we to rejoice; for could we have supposed, when we started from the land of Zarahemla, that God would have granted unto us such great blessings?

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And now, these are the words of Ammon to his brethren, which sayeth thus: My brothers and my brethren, behold I say unto you, how great reason have we to rejoice; for could we have supposed, when we started from the land of Zarahemla, that God would have granted unto us such great blessings?

Simple English

These are the words of Ammon to his brothers. He said: My brothers, we have great reason to be happy. When we left the land of Zarahemla, could we have thought that God would give us such great blessings?

Paraphrase

Ammon gathered his brothers together and said: “Brothers, think about this—how much reason do we have to celebrate? When we left Zarahemla, could we have imagined God would bless us like this?”