How could the record cover the time that Alma left Zarahemla if Alma was born in the land of Nephi?

Thomas R. Valletta

“A first possibility is that the phrase ‘Alma and his brethren’ includes the group’s ancestors as well as all who were ever part of the colonization effort. … A second possibility is that Alma and other members of his group did originally come from the land of Zarahemla. If the events that Amaleki recorded in the book of Omni are chronological, then Zeniff’s group left during the early years of Benjamin’s reign. Because Limhi’s group returned soon after Benjamin’s death, the time between the two events may have been no longer than the length of Benjamin’s reign” (Cazier, “I Have a Question,” 60–61).

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