[See the commentary on 1 Nephi 1:13]
1 Nephi 17:48 They . . . were desirous to throw me into the depths of the sea ([Illustration]): Significantly, the waters along the beach here (in Wadi Sayq) are only shallow for a few short feet and then they drop rapidly to great depths, an appropriate place to launch a ship. . . Cliffs line the ocean front in this area. [Scot and Maurine Proctor, Light from the Dust, p. 54]