Alma 56:39
~63 BC
1830 Edition
And it came to pass that before the dawn of the morning, behold, the Lamanites were pursuing us. Now we were not sufficiently strong to contend with them; yea, I would not suffer that my little sons should fall into their hands; therefore we did continue our march; and we took our march into the wilderness.
Influences
Mark 11:16 (KJV)
And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.
Changes
And it came to pass that before the dawn of the morning, behold, the Lamanites were pursuing us. Now we were not sufficiently strong to contend with them; yea, I would not suffer that my little sons should fall into their hands; therefore we did continue our march;, and we took our march into the wilderness.
Simple English
Before morning came, the Lamanites were chasing us again. We were not strong enough to fight them. I wouldn’t let my young sons get caught by them. So we kept marching. We marched into the wilderness.
Paraphrase
'Before dawn, the Lamanites were on our trail again. We weren’t strong enough to fight them head-on. I wouldn’t risk my young sons falling into their hands, so we kept running deeper into the wilderness.'