Alma 50:19 Textual Variants

Royal Skousen
yea [ 01ABCDEFGIJLMNOPQRST|and HK] we can behold that his words are verified

Here the 1874 RLDS edition added an extra and, perhaps because of the occurrence of yea and near the end of the previous verse: “yea and they did multiply and wax strong in the land” (Alma 50:18). Here in verse 19, the 1908 RLDS edition restored the original reading without the and. For another example of such an intrusive and, see the discussion under Alma 45:11.

Summary: Maintain in Alma 50:19 the instance of yea without any following and.

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

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