Unit 1

began to

5 occurrences in 5 verses

1 Nephi 1:18,

1 Nephi 3:14, 31,

1 Nephi 4:30,

1 Nephi 5:17

1 Nephi 1:18

Therefore, I would that ye should know, that

after the Lord had shown so many marvelous things unto my father, Lehi,

yea, concerning the destruction of Jerusalem,

behold he went forth among the people, and began to prophesy

and to declare unto them concerning the things

which he had both seen and heard.

1 Nephi 3:14

But Laman fled out of his presence,

and told the things which Laban had done,

unto us.

And we began to be exceedingly sorrowful,

and my brethren were about to return unto my father in the wilderness.

1 Nephi 3:31

And after the angel had departed,

Laman and Lemuel again began to murmur, saying:

How is it possible that the Lord will deliver Laban into our hands?

Behold, he is a mighty man, and he can command fifty,

yea, even he can slay fifty; then why not us?

1 Nephi 4:30

And it came to pass that when the servant of Laban beheld my brethren

he began to tremble, and was about to flee from before me

and return to the city of Jerusalem.

1 Nephi 5:17

And now when my father saw all these things,

he was filled with the Spirit, and began to prophesy concerning his seed —