The Book of Mormon

Alma 58:7

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And it came to pass that we did wait in these difficult circumstances, for the space of many months, even until we were about to perish for the want of food.

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And it came to pass that we did wait in these difficult circumstances, for the space of many months, even until we were about to perish for the want of food.

Simple English

We waited in this hard time for many months. We almost died because we had no food.

Paraphrase

We waited like this for months, and the situation got desperate. We were nearly starving.