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Lesson 5-1: Twelve Requirements for the Land of Bountiful
Title
Lesson 5-1: Twelve Requirements for the Land of Bountiful
Publication Type
Chart
Year of Publication
2023
Authors
Welch, John W. (Primary), Welch, Greg (Primary), and Jasmin Gimenez Rappleye (Primary)
Number
5-1
Publisher
Scripture Central
City
Springville, UT
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Abstract
Because the Lehites "exceedingly rejoiced when [they] came to the seashore" at Bountiful (1 Nephi 17:6), Bountiful must have been a fertile area—especially for arid southern Arabia, where they are thought to have journeyed from Jerusalem. Twelve required characteristics of Bountiful, identified by Warren and Michaela Aston, narrow the location of Bountiful to six spots along the Arabian coast. The current-day Wadi Sayq (more specifically Khor Kharfot, a portion of Wadi Sayq, located in Oman) is the most probable location of Bountiful, based on these twelve criteria.
Originally published as Chart 13-148 in Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. Twelve Requirements for the Land of Bountiful. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
Khor Kharfot
Oman
Bountiful (Old World)
Wadi Sayq
Book of Mormon Geography - Old World
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