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Nahom and the Arabian Peninsula

Is Nahom a real place on Lehi’s trail?

Bible

The Bible answers

Bible · Isaiah 60:6

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King James Version

The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense.

NRSVUE

A multitude of camels shall cover you, the young camels of Midian and Ephah; all those from Sheba shall come. They shall bring gold and frankincense.

Book of Mormon

The Book of Mormon answers

1 Nephi 16:34; 17:1

The place which was called Nahom. Called — already named. Then NHM showed up on altars.

And it came to pass that Ishmael died, and was buried in the place which was called Nahom… we did travel… nearly eastward from that time forth.

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Nahom and the eastward turn

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Lehi’s party follows the frankincense trail south-southeast, buries Ishmael at a named place, then turns east to a timbered, well-watered shore. NHM inscriptions and the Wadi Sayq / Khor Kharfot type coastlines match that sequence with a precision Joseph could not have copied from 1820s Palmyra maps.

A burial place called NHM, an eastward turn, and a verdant coast is a three-step fingerprint on the ground.

  • Nahom is a named burial site, not a vague 'somewhere in the desert.'
  • The eastward turn is a unique, testable claim.
  • Bountiful-type coasts exist due east of that region.
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