The Book of Mormon

Enos 1:25

1830 Edition

And it came to pass that I began to be old, and an hundred and seventy and nine years had passed away from the time that our father Lehi left Jerusalem.

Simple English

I began to get old. One hundred seventy-nine years had passed since our father Lehi left Jerusalem.

Paraphrase

I grew old. A hundred and seventy-nine years had passed since our father Lehi left Jerusalem.