Unit 9

for

16 occurrences in 13 verses

2 Nephi 3:2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23

2 Nephi 3:2

And may the Lord consecrate also unto thee this land,

which is a most precious land,

for thine inheritance and the inheritance of thy seed with thy brethren,

for thy security forever,

if it so be that ye shall keep the commandments of the Holy One of Israel.

2 Nephi 3:3

And now, Joseph, my last-born,

whom I have brought out of the wilderness of mine afflictions,

may the Lord bless thee forever,

for thy seed shall not utterly be destroyed.

2 Nephi 3:4

for behold, thou art the fruit of my loins;

and I am a descendant of Joseph who was carried captive into Egypt.

And great were the covenants of the Lord which he made unto Joseph.

2 Nephi 3:6

for Joseph truly testified, saying:

A seer shall the Lord my God raise up,

who shall be a choice seer unto the fruit of my loins.

2 Nephi 3:7

Yea, Joseph truly said:

Thus saith the Lord unto me:

A choice seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins;

and he shall be esteemed highly among the fruit of thy loins.

And unto him will I give commandment

that he shall do a work for the fruit of thy loins, his brethren,

which shall be of great worth unto them,

even to the bringing of them to the knowledge of the covenants

which I have made with thy fathers.

2 Nephi 3:8

And I will give unto him a commandment

that he shall do none other work,

save the work which I shall command him.

And I will make him great in mine eyes;

for he shall do my work.

2 Nephi 3:14

And thus prophesied Joseph, saying:

Behold, that seer will the Lord bless;

and they that seek to destroy him shall be confounded;

for this promise, which I have obtained of the Lord,

of the fruit of my loins, shall be fulfilled.

Behold, I am sure of the fulfilling of this promise;

2 Nephi 3:15

And his name shall be called after me;

and it shall be after the name of his father.

And he shall be like unto me;

for the thing, which the Lord shall bring forth by his hand,

by the power of the Lord

shall bring my people unto salvation.

2 Nephi 3:16

Yea, thus prophesied Joseph:

I am sure of this thing,

even as I am sure of the promise of Moses;

for the Lord hath said unto me,

I will preserve thy seed forever.

2 Nephi 3:17

And the Lord hath said:

I will raise up a Moses;

and I will give power unto him in a rod;

and I will give judgment unto him in writing.

Yet I will not loose his tongue, that he shall speak much,

for I will not make him mighty in speaking.

But I will write unto him my law, by the finger of mine own hand;

and I will make a spokesman for him.

2 Nephi 3:18

And the Lord said unto me also:

I will raise up unto the fruit of thy loins;

and I will make for him a spokesman.

And I, behold, I will give unto him

that he shall write the writing of the fruit of thy loins,

unto the fruit of thy loins;

and the spokesman of thy loins shall declare it.

2 Nephi 3:19

And the words which he shall write shall be the words

which are expedient in my wisdom should go forth unto the fruit of thy loins.

And it shall be as if the fruit of thy loins had cried unto them from the dust;

for I know their faith.

2 Nephi 3:23

Wherefore, because of this covenant thou art blessed;

for thy seed shall not be destroyed,

for they shall hearken unto the words of the book.