Unit 1
Laban
39 occurrences in 34 verses
1 Nephi 3:3, 4, 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31,
1 Nephi 4:1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 28, 30, 31, 38,
1 Nephi 5:5, 8, 16
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 3:4
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 3:11
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 3:13
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 3:14
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 3:23
And after we had gathered these things together,
we went up again unto the house of Laban.
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 3:25
And it came to pass that
when Laban saw our property, and that it was exceedingly great,
he did lust after it,
insomuch that he thrust us out, and sent his servants to slay us,
that he might obtain our property.
1 Nephi 3:26
And it came to pass that we did flee before the servants of Laban,
and we were obliged to leave behind our property,
and it fell into the hands of Laban.
1 Nephi 3:27
And it came to pass that we fled into the wilderness,
and the servants of Laban did not overtake us,
and we hid ourselves in the cavity of a rock.
1 Nephi 3:29
And it came to pass as they smote us with a rod,
behold, an angel of the Lord came and stood before them,
and he spake unto them, saying:
Why do ye smite your younger brother with a rod?
Know ye not that the Lord hath chosen him to be a ruler over you,
and this because of your iniquities?
Behold ye shall go up to Jerusalem again,
and the Lord will deliver Laban into your hands.
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 4:1
And it came to pass that I spake unto my brethren, saying:
Let us go up again unto Jerusalem,
and let us be faithful in keeping the commandments of the Lord;
for behold he is mightier than all the earth,
then why not mightier than Laban and his fifty,
yea, or even than his tens of thousands?
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 4:5
And it was by night;
and I caused that they should hide themselves without the walls.
And after they had hid themselves,
I, Nephi, crept into the city and went forth towards the house of Laban.
1 Nephi 4:7
Nevertheless I went forth,
and as I came near unto the house of Laban I beheld a man,
and he had fallen to the earth before me,
for he was drunken with wine.
1 Nephi 4:8
And when I came to him I found that it was Laban.
1 Nephi 4:10
And it came to pass that
I was constrained by the Spirit that I should kill Laban;
but I said in my heart:
Never at any time have I shed the blood of man.
And I shrunk and would that I might not slay him.
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 4:18
Therefore I did obey the voice of the Spirit,
and took Laban by the hair of the head,
and I smote off his head with his own sword.
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 4:20
And after I had done this, I went forth unto the treasury of Laban.
And as I went forth towards the treasury of Laban,
behold, I saw the servant of Laban who had the keys of the treasury.
And I commanded him in the voice of Laban,
that he should go with me into the treasury.
1 Nephi 4:21
And he supposed me to be his master, Laban,
for he beheld the garments and also the sword girded about my loins.
1 Nephi 4:22
And he spake unto me concerning the elders of the Jews,
he knowing that his master, Laban, had been out by night among them.
1 Nephi 4:23
And I spake unto him as if it had been Laban.
1 Nephi 4:26
And he, supposing that I spake of the brethren of the church,
and that I was truly that Laban whom I had slain, wherefore he did follow me.
1 Nephi 4:28
And it came to pass that when Laman saw me
he was exceedingly frightened, and also Lemuel and Sam.
And they fled from before my presence;
for they supposed it was Laban,
and that he had slain me and had sought to take away their lives also.
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 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 4:38
And it came to pass that we took the plates of brass and the servant of Laban,
and departed into the wilderness, and journeyed unto the tent of our father.
1 Nephi 5:5
But behold, I have obtained a land of promise, in the which things I do rejoice;
yea, and I know that the Lord will deliver my sons out of the hands of Laban,
and bring them down again unto us in the wilderness.
1 Nephi 5:8
And she spake, saying:
Now I know of a surety that the Lord hath commanded
my husband to flee into the wilderness;
yea, and I also know of a surety
that the Lord hath protected my sons,
and delivered them out of the hands of Laban,
and given them power whereby they could accomplish the thing
which the Lord hath commanded them.
And after this manner of language did she speak.
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.
