Unit 1

the records

8 occurrences in 8 verses

1 Nephi 3:4, 12, 13, 24,

1 Nephi 4:17,

1 Nephi 5:10, 16, 21

1 Nephi 3:4

Wherefore, the Lord hath commanded me

that thou and thy brothers should go unto the house of Laban,

and seek the records, and bring them down hither into the wilderness.

1 Nephi 3:12

And he desired of Laban the records

which were engraven upon the plates of brass,

which contained the genealogy of my father.

1 Nephi 3:13

And behold, it came to pass that Laban was angry,

and thrust him out from his presence;

and he would not that he should have the records.

Wherefore, he said unto him:

Behold thou art a robber, and I will slay thee.

1 Nephi 3:24

And it came to pass that we went in unto Laban, and desired him

that he would give unto us the records

which were engraven upon the plates of brass,

for which we would give unto him

our gold, and our silver, and all our precious things.

1 Nephi 4:17

And again, I knew that the Lord had delivered Laban into my hands for this cause —

that I might obtain the records according to his commandments.

1 Nephi 5:10

And after they had given thanks unto the God of Israel,

my father, Lehi, took the records which were engraven upon the plates of brass,

and he did search them from the beginning.

1 Nephi 5:16

And thus my father, Lehi, did discover the genealogy of his fathers.

And Laban also was a descendant of Joseph,

wherefore he and his fathers had kept the records.

1 Nephi 5:21

And we had obtained the records which the Lord had commanded us,

and searched them and found that they were desirable;

yea, even of great worth unto us,

insomuch that we could preserve the commandments of the Lord unto our children.