Unit 1

upon

15 occurrences in 15 verses



1 Nephi 1:6, 7, 8, 11, 17,

1 Nephi 3:3, 11, 12, 24,

1 Nephi 4:16, 19, 24, 31,

1 Nephi 5:10, 14



1 Nephi 1:6

And it came to pass as he prayed unto the Lord,

there came a pillar of fire and dwelt upon a rock before him;

and he saw and heard much;

and because of the things which he saw and heard

he did quake and tremble exceedingly.



1 Nephi 1:7

And it came to pass that he returned to his own house at Jerusalem;

and he cast himself upon his bed,

being overcome with the Spirit and the things which he had seen.



1 Nephi 1:8

And being thus overcome with the Spirit,

he was carried away in a vision,

even that he saw the heavens open,

and he thought he saw God sitting upon his throne,

surrounded with numberless concourses of angels

in the attitude of singing and praising their God.



1 Nephi 1:11

And they came down and went forth upon the face of the earth;

and the first came and stood before my father,

and gave unto him a book, and bade him that he should read.



1 Nephi 1:17

But I shall make an account of my proceedings in my days.

Behold, I make an abridgment of the record of my father,

upon plates which I have made with mine own hands;

wherefore, after I have abridged the record of my father

then will I make an account of mine own life.



1 Nephi 3:3

For behold, Laban hath the record of the Jews

and also a genealogy of my forefathers,

and they are engraven upon plates of brass.



1 Nephi 3:11

And we cast lots — who of us should go in unto the house of Laban.

And it came to pass that the lot fell upon Laman;

and Laman went in unto the house of Laban,

and he talked with him as he sat in his house.



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 3:24

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 4:16

And I also knew that the law was engraven upon the plates of brass.



1 Nephi 4:19

And after I had smitten off his head with his own sword,

I took the garments of Laban and put them

upon mine own body; yea, even every whit;

and I did gird on his armor about my loins.



1 Nephi 4:24

And I also spake unto him that I should carry the engravings,

which were upon the plates of brass,

to my elder brethren, who were without the walls.



1 Nephi 4:31

And now I, Nephi, being a man large in stature,

and also having received much strength of the Lord,

therefore I did seize upon the servant of Laban,

and held him, that he should not flee.



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 5:14

And it came to pass that my father, Lehi, also found

upon the plates of brass a genealogy of his fathers;

wherefore he knew that he was a descendant of Joseph;

yea, even that Joseph who was the son of Jacob,

who was sold into Egypt, and who was preserved by the hand of the Lord,

that he might preserve his father, Jacob, and all his household

from perishing with famine.