Unit 4

our father

10 occurrences in 9 verses



1 Nephi 15:7, 12, 13, 17, 18, 21, 23, 26, 30



1 Nephi 15:7

And they said:

Behold, we cannot understand the words which our father hath spoken

concerning the natural branches of the olive tree,

and also concerning the Gentiles.



1 Nephi 15:12

Behold, I say unto you, that the house of Israel was compared unto an olive tree,

by the Spirit of the Lord which was in our father;

and behold are we not broken off from the house of Israel,

and are we not a branch of the house of Israel?



1 Nephi 15:13

And now, the thing which our father meaneth

concerning the grafting in of the natural branches

through the fulness of the Gentiles,

is, that in the latter days, when our seed shall have dwindled in unbelief,

yea, for the space of many years, and many generations

after the Messiah shall be manifested in body unto the children of men,

then shall the fulness of the gospel of the Messiah come unto the Gentiles,

and from the Gentiles unto the remnant of our seed —



1 Nephi 15:17

And this is what our father meaneth;

and he meaneth that it will not come to pass

until after they are scattered by the Gentiles;

and he meaneth that it shall come by way of the Gentiles,

that the Lord may show his power unto the Gentiles,

for the very cause that he shall be rejected of the Jews, or of the house of Israel.



1 Nephi 15:18

Wherefore, our father hath not spoken of our seed alone,

but also of all the house of Israel,

pointing to the covenant which should be fulfilled in the latter days;

which covenant the Lord made to our father Abraham, saying:

In thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.



1 Nephi 15:21

And it came to pass that they did speak unto me again, saying:

What meaneth this thing which our father saw in a dream?

What meaneth the tree which he saw?



1 Nephi 15:23

And they said unto me:

What meaneth the rod of iron which our father saw, that led to the tree?



1 Nephi 15:26

And they said unto me:

What meaneth the river of water which our father saw?



1 Nephi 15:30

And I said unto them that our father also saw

that the justice of God did also divide the wicked from the righteous;

and the brightness thereof was like unto the brightness of a flaming fire,

which ascendeth up unto God forever and ever, and hath no end.