Unit 11

my

26 occurrences in 18 verses

2 Nephi 5:1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 25, 26, 29, 30, 32, 33

2 Nephi 5:1

Behold, it came to pass that I, Nephi, did cry much unto the Lord my God,

because of the anger of my brethren.

2 Nephi 5:2

But behold, their anger did increase against me,

insomuch that they did seek to take away my life.

2 Nephi 5:4

Now I do not write upon these plates all the words

which they murmured against me.

But it sufficeth me to say, that they did seek to take away my life.

2 Nephi 5:6

Wherefore, it came to pass that I, Nephi, did take my family,

and also Zoram and his family,

and Sam, mine elder brother and his family,

and Jacob and Joseph, my younger brethren,

and also my sisters,

and all those who would go with me.

And all those who would go with me were those

who believed in the warnings and the revelations of God;

wherefore, they did hearken unto my words.

2 Nephi 5:8

And my people would that we should call the name of the place Nephi;

wherefore, we did call it Nephi.

2 Nephi 5:12

And I, Nephi, had also brought the records

which were engraven upon the plates of brass;

and also the ball, or compass,

which was prepared for my father by the hand of the Lord,

according to that which is written.

2 Nephi 5:14

And I, Nephi, did take the sword of Laban,

and after the manner of it did make many swords,

lest by any means the people who were now called Lamanites

should come upon us and destroy us;

for I knew their hatred towards me and my children

and those who were called my people.

2 Nephi 5:15

And I did teach my people to build buildings,

and to work in all manner of wood,

and of iron, and of copper, and of brass, and of steel,

and of gold, and of silver, and of precious ores,

which were in great abundance.

2 Nephi 5:17

And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did cause my people

to be industrious,

and to labor with their hands.

2 Nephi 5:18

And it came to pass that they would that I should be their king.

But I, Nephi, was desirous that they should have no king;

nevertheless, I did for them according to that which was in my power.

2 Nephi 5:19

And behold, the words of the Lord had been fulfilled unto my brethren,

which he spake concerning them, that I should be their ruler and their teacher.

Wherefore, I had been their ruler and their teacher,

according to the commandments of the Lord,

until the time they sought to take away my life.

2 Nephi 5:21

And he had caused the cursing to come upon them,

yea, even a sore cursing, because of their iniquity.

For behold, they had hardened their hearts against him,

that they had become like unto a flint;

wherefore, as they were white, and exceedingly fair and delightsome,

that they might not be enticing unto my people

the Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them.

2 Nephi 5:25

And the Lord God said unto me:

They shall be a scourge unto thy seed, to stir them up in remembrance of me;

and inasmuch as they will not remember me, and hearken unto my words,

they shall scourge them even unto destruction.

2 Nephi 5:26

And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did consecrate Jacob and Joseph,

that they should be priests and teachers over the land of my people.

2 Nephi 5:29

And I, Nephi, had kept the records

upon my plates, which I had made,

of my people thus far.

2 Nephi 5:30

And it came to pass that the Lord God said unto me:

Make other plates;

and thou shalt engraven many things upon them

which are good in my sight, for the profit of thy people.

2 Nephi 5:32

And I engraved that which is pleasing unto God.

And if my people are pleased with the things of God

they will be pleased with mine engravings which are upon these plates.

2 Nephi 5:33

And if my people desire to know the more particular part

of the history of my people

they must search mine other plates.