Unit 1

fathers

6 occurrences in 5 verses

1 Nephi 3:19,

1 Nephi 4:2, 3,

1 Nephi 5:14, 16

1 Nephi 3:19

And behold, it is wisdom in God that we should obtain these records,

that we may preserve unto our children the language of our fathers;

1 Nephi 4:2

Therefore let us go up;

let us be strong like unto Moses;

for he truly spake unto the waters of the Red Sea

and they divided hither and thither,

and our fathers came through, out of captivity, on dry ground,

and the armies of Pharaoh did follow

and were drowned in the waters of the Red Sea.

1 Nephi 4:3

Now behold ye know that this is true;

and ye also know that an angel hath spoken unto you;

wherefore can ye doubt?

Let us go up;

the Lord is able to deliver us, even as our fathers,

and to destroy Laban, even as the Egyptians.

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.

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.