1 Nephi 11:7 Textual Variants

after thou hast beheld the tree which bare the fruit [of 0| 1ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST] which thy father tasted thou shalt also behold a man descending out of heaven

Elsewhere the Book of Mormon text has at least ten examples of “to taste of ”, including two dealing with fruit:

1 Nephi 8:28
- and after that they had tasted of the fruit they were ashamed
Jacob 5:31
- the Lord of the vineyard did taste of the fruit

There is also one more passage that has “of which” at the head of a relative clause as well as a second example of “to taste of ”:

Alma 36:24
- that I might bring them to taste of the exceeding joy of which I did taste

There appears to be a partitive sense when the preposition of is used with taste.

Summary: Restore in 1 Nephi 11:7 the original preposition of at the head of the relative clause “of which thy father tasted”, especially since the partitive usage in “to taste of fruit” is the normal phraseology in the Book of Mormon.

Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon, Part. 1

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