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Nephi also mentions having sisters, though he does not give their names or birth orders. Little is known about Nephi's children. Religious scholar Grant Hardy suggests that all of Nephi's children may have been daughters at the time of passing on the record, or that his sons were influenced by Laman and Lemuel; his speculations are based on the fact that Nephi says he has children yet passes ...
[17] Swift concurs: "In my view, there is only one justification for what Nephi did: God commanded him to kill Laban." [9] And Holland concludes that, ultimately, the moral of the story is that one should always obey God: "It would seem, finally, that obedience to divine revelation, not death, is the focal point of this story. God can restore ...
Nephi's brother Jacob explains that subsequent kings bore the title "Nephi". The people having loved Nephi exceedingly… were desirous to retain in remembrance his name. And whoso should reign in his stead were called by the people second Nephi, third Nephi, and so forth, according to the reigns of the kings; and thus they were called by the ...
Elahi (אֱלָהִי ) is an Aramaic word meaning "My God". [1] Elah means "god", [2] with the suffix -i meaning "my." Being Aramaic and not Hebrew (there is no singular possessive for "god" in Biblical Hebrew), in the Old Testament, Elahi is found only in the books of Ezra and Daniel. [2]
In the Book of Mormon, Nephi (/ ˈ n iː f aɪ / NEE-fy) is a Nephite prophet whom Jesus calls as a disciple. Nephi's ministry was centered on Christ, and included prophesying of His birth, working miracles in His name, witnessing His visitation to the Americas after the Resurrection , and administering His church after He had ascended.
According to the Book of Mormon, Lehi (/ ˈ l iː h aɪ / LEE-hy) [1] was a prophet who lived in Jerusalem during the reign of King Zedekiah (approximately 600 BC). [2] In First Nephi, Lehi is rejected for preaching repentance and he leads his family, including Sariah, Laman, Lemuel, Sam, and Nephi, into the wilderness.
The First Book of Nephi: His Reign and Ministry (/ ˈ n iː f aɪ /), usually referred to as First Nephi or 1 Nephi, is the first book of the Book of Mormon, the sacred text of churches within the Latter Day Saint Movement, and one of four books with the name Nephi.
Second Nephi, the second subdivision of the Book of Mormon; Third Nephi, the eleventh subdivision of the Book of Mormon; Fourth Nephi, the twelfth subdivision of the Book of Mormon; Small Plates of Nephi, part of the source material for the Book of Mormon; Large Plates of Nephi, part of the source material of which the Book of Mormon is ...