Unit 2
father
16 occurrences in 15 verses
1 Nephi 6:1, 3,
1 Nephi 7:1, 5, 6, 14, 21, 22,
1 Nephi 8:2, 29, 34, 35, 36, 37,
1 Nephi 9:1
1 Nephi 6:1
And now I, Nephi, do not give the genealogy of my fathers in this part of my record;
neither at any time shall I give it after upon these plates which I am writing;
for it is given in the record which has been kept by my father;
wherefore, I do not write it in this work.
1 Nephi 6:3
And it mattereth not to me that I am particular to give a full account
of all the things of my father,
for they cannot be written upon these plates,
for I desire the room that I may write of the things of God.
1 Nephi 7:1
And now I would that ye might know, that
after my father, Lehi, had made an end of prophesying concerning his seed,
it came to pass that the Lord spake unto him again, saying
that it was not meet for him, Lehi,
that he should take his family into the wilderness alone;
but that his sons should take daughters to wife,
that they might raise up seed unto the Lord in the land of promise.
1 Nephi 7:5
And it came to pass that the Lord did soften the heart of Ishmael,
and also his household,
insomuch that they took their journey with us
down into the wilderness to the tent of our father.
1 Nephi 7:6
And it came to pass that as we journeyed in the wilderness,
behold Laman and Lemuel, and two of the daughters of Ishmael,
and the two sons of Ishmael and their families, did rebel against us;
yea, against me, Nephi, and Sam,
and their father, Ishmael, and his wife, and his three other daughters.
1 Nephi 7:14
For behold, the Spirit of the Lord ceaseth soon to strive with them;
for behold, they have rejected the prophets,
and Jeremiah have they cast into prison.
And they have sought to take away the life of my father,
insomuch that they have driven him out of the land.
1 Nephi 7:21
And it came to pass that I did frankly forgive them all that they had done,
and I did exhort them that they would pray
unto the Lord their God for forgiveness.
And it came to pass that they did so.
And after they had done praying unto the Lord
we did again travel on our journey towards the tent of our father.
1 Nephi 7:22
And it came to pass that we did come down unto the tent of our father.
And after I and my brethren and all the house of Ishmael
had come down unto the tent of my father,
they did give thanks unto the Lord their God;
and they did offer sacrifice and burnt offerings unto him.
1 Nephi 8:2
And it came to pass that while my father tarried in the wilderness
he spake unto us, saying:
Behold, I have dreamed a dream;
or, in other words, I have seen a vision.
1 Nephi 8:29
And now I, Nephi, do not speak all the words of my father.
1 Nephi 8:34
These are the words of my father:
For as many as heeded them, had fallen away.
1 Nephi 8:35
And Laman and Lemuel partook not of the fruit, said my father.
1 Nephi 8:36
And it came to pass after my father had spoken
all the words of his dream or vision, which were many,
he said unto us,
because of these things which he saw in a vision,
he exceedingly feared for Laman and Lemuel;
yea, he feared lest they should be cast off from the presence of the Lord.
1 Nephi 8:37
And he did exhort them then with all the feeling of a tender parent,
that they would hearken to his words,
that perhaps the Lord would be merciful to them, and not cast them off;
yea, my father did preach unto them.
1 Nephi 9:1
And all these things did my father see, and hear, and speak,
as he dwelt in a tent, in the valley of Lemuel,
and also a great many more things, which cannot be written upon these plates.
