Alma 63:6 Textual Variants

Royal Skousen
and behold there were many of the Nephites which did enter therein and did sail forth with much provisions and [also 01ABCDEFGIJLMNOPQRST| HK] many women and children

Here the original also was omitted in the 1874 RLDS edition but restored in the 1908 RLDS edition. The also shows that these emigrants intended to settle in the land since they also brought their families along.

Summary: Maintain the also in Alma 63:6 (“and did sail forth with much provisions and also many women and children”).

Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon, Part. 5

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