Unit 2
Nephi
12 occurrences in 10 verses
1 Nephi 6:1,
1 Nephi 7:2, 3, 6, 8, 16,
1 Nephi 8:3, 14, 29,
1 Nephi 9:2
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 7:2
And it came to pass that the Lord commanded him
that I, Nephi, and my brethren, should again return unto the land of Jerusalem,
and bring down Ishmael and his family into the wilderness.
1 Nephi 7:3
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did again, with my brethren,
go forth into the wilderness to go up to Jerusalem.
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 7:8
And now I, Nephi, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts,
therefore I spake unto them, saying,
yea, even unto Laman and unto Lemuel:
Behold ye are mine elder brethren,
and how is it that ye are so hard in your hearts, and so blind in your minds,
that ye have need that I, your younger brother, should speak unto you,
yea, and set an example for you?
1 Nephi 7:16
And it came to pass that when I, Nephi, had spoken these words unto my brethren,
they were angry with me.
And it came to pass that they did lay their hands upon me,
for behold, they were exceedingly wroth,
and they did bind me with cords,
for they sought to take away my life,
that they might leave me in the wilderness to be devoured by wild beasts.
1 Nephi 8:3
And behold, because of the thing which I have seen,
I have reason to rejoice in the Lord because of Nephi and also of Sam;
for I have reason to suppose
that they, and also many of their seed, will be saved.
1 Nephi 8:14
And I looked to behold from whence it came;
and I saw the head thereof a little way off;
and at the head thereof I beheld your mother Sariah, and Sam, and Nephi;
and they stood as if they knew not whither they should go.
1 Nephi 8:29
And now I, Nephi, do not speak all the words of my father.
1 Nephi 9:2
And now, as I have spoken concerning these plates,
behold they are not the plates
upon which I make a full account of the history of my people;
for the plates upon which I make a full account of my people
I have given the name of Nephi;
wherefore, they are called the plates of Nephi, after mine own name;
and these plates also are called the plates of Nephi.
