And his first parents came out from the tower, at the time the Lord confounded the language of the people; and the severity of the Lord fell upon them, according to his judgments, which are just; and their bones lay scattered in the land northward:
Book of Mormon Omni 1:6
6 For
the Lord would not suffer, after he had led them
out of the land of Jerusalem
and kept
and preserved
them from falling
into the hands
of their enemies, yea, he would not suffer that
the words should not be verified,
which he spake unto our fathers, saying that: Inasmuch as ye will not keep my commandments ye shall not prosper
in the land.
northward:
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