1 Nephi 14:13 Textual Variants

Royal Skousen
the great mother of abominations did gather together in multitudes upon the face of [all 01BCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST| A] the earth among all the nations of the Gentiles

Here the 1830 edition accidentally omitted all, but it was restored in the 1837 edition, probably by reference to 𝓟. Both “upon the face of the earth” and “upon the face of all the earth” are possible, but the one without the all before the earth definitely dominates (27 occurrences versus 2 occurrences). In addition to the example here in 1 Nephi 14:13, we also have Mosiah 28:17 (“and they were scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth”). For a complete discussion of the occurrence of all within the phrase “the face of the earth/land”, see 3 Nephi 8:20.

Summary: Maintain in 1 Nephi 14:13 the original reading “upon the face of all the earth”.

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

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