The Book of Mormon

Alma 63:5

1830 Edition

And it came to pass that Hagoth, he being an exceeding curious man, therefore he went forth and built him an exceeding large ship, on the borders of the land Bountiful, by the land Desolation, and launched it forth into the West Sea, by the narrow neck which led into the land northward.

Changes

And it came to pass that Hagoth, he being an exceedingly curious man, therefore he went forth and built him an exceedingly large ship, on the borders of the land Bountiful, by the land Desolation, and launched it forth into the Wwest Ssea, by the narrow neck which led into the land northward.

Simple English

Hagoth was very creative. He built a very large ship on the border of the land called Bountiful, by the land called Desolation. He put it in the West Sea, by the narrow neck that led to the land in the north.

Paraphrase

A man named Hagoth was extremely inventive. He built a huge ship on the coast of Bountiful, near the land of Desolation, and launched it into the West Sea by the narrow neck that led north.