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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 ...
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.
The following prophets (or in some cases, simply people who kept the record and passed it to future generations) are those mentioned in the plates of Nephi (1 Nephi through Omni). Lehi 1, father of Laman 1, Lemuel, Nephi 1, Sam, Jacob 2, Joseph 2, and several daughters (c. 600 BC). [1] Nephi 1, third son of Lehi 1 (c. 600 BC). [2]
First Nephi is a first-person narrative of events that the narrative itself reports were recorded on a set of objects referred to by Mormons as the Plates of Nephi by the prophet Nephi. [2] The beginning part of First Nephi consists of Nephi's abridgement of his father Lehi's record [clarification needed] (1 Nephi 1–9). The next section is ...
The Nephites are divided. God grants Nephi the power to do "all things" "according to [his] word". Nephi sends a famine into the land for three years, when many people return to their faith and Nephi prays the rain back. The Gadianton robbers become more powerful. (Chapters 7–11.) [5]
Nephi citing biblical and nonbiblical prophets provides a bridge between the event- and narrative- focused beginning of his record and the more spiritual and prophetic latter part. [ 26 ] Alma citing Zenock in the 1858 edition of the Book of Mormon published by Jas. O. Wright & Co. Corresponds to Alma 33:12–18 in the LDS edition.
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.
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 ...