Unit 1
of his
8 occurrences in 8 verses
1 Nephi 1:5, 15,
1 Nephi 2:4, 11,
1 Nephi 3:14,
1 Nephi 5:14, 16, 18
1 Nephi 1:5
Wherefore it came to pass that
my father, Lehi, as he went forth prayed unto the Lord,
yea, even with all his heart, in behalf of his people.
1 Nephi 1:15
And after this manner was the language of my father in the praising of his God;
for his soul did rejoice, and his whole heart was filled,
because of the things which he had seen,
yea, which the Lord had shown unto him.
1 Nephi 2:4
And it came to pass that he departed into the wilderness.
And he left his house, and the land of his inheritance,
and his gold, and his silver, and his precious things,
and took nothing with him, save it were his family, and provisions, and tents,
and departed into the wilderness.
1 Nephi 2:11
Now this he spake because of the stiffneckedness of Laman and Lemuel;
for behold they did murmur in many things against their father,
because he was a visionary man,
and had led them out of the land of Jerusalem,
to leave the land of their inheritance,
and their gold, and their silver, and their precious things,
to perish in the wilderness.
And this they said he had done
because of the foolish imaginations of his heart.
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 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.
1 Nephi 5:18
That these plates of brass should go forth
unto all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people who were of his seed.
