The Sea Irreantum is the sea next to the land Bountiful. The Sea Irreantum is connected to, or part of, the Sea West in order to travel to the promised land in the New World.
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I NEPHI 5:61 [17:4]: And we did sojourn for the space of many years, yea, even eight years in the wilderness.
Commentary: This verse references the places of Bountiful, Nahom, and the wilderness near the Red Sea. The term 'we' refers to Lehi and the people with him. They traveled for eight years in the wilderness between Nahom on the Red Sea and the land Bountiful on the shores of the Sea Irreantum. The wilderness near the Red Sea either extended a substantial distance away from the Red Sea or Lehi stayed fairly close to the Red Sea for a number of years.
I NEPHI 5:64 [17:5]: And we beheld the sea, which we called Irreantum, which being interpreted is, many waters.
Commentary: This verse references the places of Bountiful and the Sea Irreantum. The term 'we' refers to Lehi and the people with him. The land Bountiful is next to the Sea Irreantum. The phrase 'we beheld' indicates that they arrived at the land Bountiful from a direction that was inland and not along the Sea Irreantum shore.
I NEPHI 5:181 [18:8]: We did put forth into the sea, and were driven forth before the wind, towards the promised land;
Commentary: This verse references the places of Bountiful, the Promised Land (I Nephi), the sea Irreantum, and the West Sea. The term 'we' refers to Lehi and his people. Lehi put forth into the sea Irreantum at the place Bountiful. Since the landing in the Promised Land (I Nephi) is on the eastern side of the Sea West, the place Bountiful would be on the western side of the Sea West, west of the Promised Land (I Nephi).
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