1 Nephi 8:25 Textual Variants

Here the original text has the simple past-tense form partook for the past participle. In his editing for the 1837 edition, Joseph Smith corrected the reading in 𝓟 by adding en to the verb, but he probably intended partaken rather than what he actually wrote, partooken.

In one other place, an original “had partook” has been edited to “had partaken”:

• Alma 42:5
  • for behold if Adam had put forth his hand immediately and [partook 01ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQS|partaken RT] of the tree of life he would have lived forever

Elsewhere the text has only the standard past participial form partaken (three times). For complete discussion, see under past participle in volume 3.