Unit 11

brethren

5 occurrences in 5 verses

2 Nephi 5:1, 3, 6, 19, 34

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 5:3

Yea, they did murmur against me, saying:

Our younger brother thinks to rule over us;

and we have had much trial because of him;

wherefore, now let us slay him,

that we may not be afflicted more because of his words.

For behold, we will not have him to be our ruler;

for it belongs unto us, who are the elder brethren, to rule over this people.

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 5:19

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 5:34

And it sufficeth me to say that forty years had passed away,

and we had already had wars and contentions with our brethren.