Mosiah 1:3 Textual Variants

Royal Skousen
we must have suffered in ignorance [even 1ABCEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST| D] at this present time not knowing the mysteries of God

The 1841 British edition accidentally dropped the word even from this passage. The subsequent 1849 LDS edition restored it. The word even is similarly used in the very next verse: “even down to this present time” (Mosiah 1:4). King Benjamin also uses the expression “even at this time” three times in his final discourse to the people (but without the word present):

Thus the use of even in Mosiah 1:3 is quite appropriate.

Summary: Maintain in Mosiah 1:3 the use of even in the phrase “even at this present time”.

Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon, Part. 2

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