RLDS Verse Context
Inspired Version, 1908 Book of Mormon, DC 1-144
Ether 1:46 - Ether 1:56
46 And the bottom thereof was tight like unto a dish; and the sides there of were tight like unto a dish; and the ends thereof were peaked; and the top thereof was tight like unto a dish; and the length thereof was the length of a tree; and the door thereof, when it was shut, was tight like unto a dish.
47 And it came to pass that the Brother of Jared cried unto the Lord, saying, O Lord, I have performed the work which thou hast commanded me, and I have made the barges according as thou hast directed me.
48 And behold, O Lord, in them there is no light, whither shall we steer?
49 And also we shall perish, for in them we can not breathe, save it is the air which is in them; therefore we shall perish.
50 And the Lord said unto the Brother of Jared, Behold, thou shalt make a hole in the top thereof, and also in the bottom thereof; and when thou shalt suffer for air, thou shalt unstop the hole thereof, and receive air.
51 And if it so be that the water come in upon thee, behold, ye shall stop the hole thereof, that ye may not perish in the flood.
52 And it came to pass that the Brother of Jared did so, according as the Lord had commanded.
53 And he cried again unto the Lord, saying, O Lord, behold, I have done even as thou hast commanded me; and I have prepared the vessels for my people, and behold, there is no light in them.
54 Behold, O Lord, wilt thou suffer that we shall cross this great water in darkness?
55 And the Lord said unto the Brother of Jared, What will ye that I should do that ye may have light in your vessels?
56 For behold, ye can not have windows, for they will be dashed in pieces; neither shall ye take fire with you, for ye shall not go by the light of fire; for behold, ye shall be as a whale in the midst of the sea; for the mountain waves shall dash upon you.
47 And it came to pass that the Brother of Jared cried unto the Lord, saying, O Lord, I have performed the work which thou hast commanded me, and I have made the barges according as thou hast directed me.
48 And behold, O Lord, in them there is no light, whither shall we steer?
49 And also we shall perish, for in them we can not breathe, save it is the air which is in them; therefore we shall perish.
50 And the Lord said unto the Brother of Jared, Behold, thou shalt make a hole in the top thereof, and also in the bottom thereof; and when thou shalt suffer for air, thou shalt unstop the hole thereof, and receive air.
51 And if it so be that the water come in upon thee, behold, ye shall stop the hole thereof, that ye may not perish in the flood.
52 And it came to pass that the Brother of Jared did so, according as the Lord had commanded.
53 And he cried again unto the Lord, saying, O Lord, behold, I have done even as thou hast commanded me; and I have prepared the vessels for my people, and behold, there is no light in them.
54 Behold, O Lord, wilt thou suffer that we shall cross this great water in darkness?
55 And the Lord said unto the Brother of Jared, What will ye that I should do that ye may have light in your vessels?
56 For behold, ye can not have windows, for they will be dashed in pieces; neither shall ye take fire with you, for ye shall not go by the light of fire; for behold, ye shall be as a whale in the midst of the sea; for the mountain waves shall dash upon you.