Alma 32:41 Textual Variants

Royal Skousen
but if ye will nourish the word yea nourish the tree as it beginneth to grow by your faith with great diligence and with patience looking forward to the fruit thereof [& 0|& >js NULL 1|and A| BCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST] it shall take root

Here is the third instance in this chapter of the Hebrew-like use of and after a subordinate clause, in this case an if-clause. This non-English use of and was removed by Joseph Smith in his editing for the 1837 edition. For other examples of this construction with if-clauses, see under hebraisms in volume 3. Also see the discussion under 1 Nephi 17:50. The critical text will restore this usage whenever it is supported by the earliest textual sources.

Summary: Restore the Hebraistic use of and after the if-clause in Alma 32:41.

Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon, Part. 4

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