Unit 9

Joseph

11 occurrences in 10 verses

2 Nephi 3:1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 16, 22, 25

2 Nephi 3:1

And now I speak unto you, Joseph, my last-born.

Thou wast born in the wilderness of mine afflictions;

yea, in the days of my greatest sorrow did thy mother bear thee.

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 3:5

Wherefore, Joseph truly saw our day.

And he obtained a promise of the Lord,

that out of the fruit of his loins

the Lord God would raise up a righteous branch unto the house of Israel;

not the Messiah, but a branch which was to be broken off,

nevertheless, to be remembered in the covenants of the Lord

that the Messiah should be made manifest unto them in the latter days,

in the spirit of power, unto the bringing of them out of darkness unto light —

yea, out of hidden darkness and out of captivity unto freedom.

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 3:14

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 3:16

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 3:22

And now, behold, my son Joseph,

after this manner did my father of old prophesy.

2 Nephi 3:25

And now, blessed art thou, Joseph.

Behold, thou art little;

wherefore hearken unto the words of thy brother, Nephi,

and it shall be done unto thee

even according to the words which I have spoken.

Remember the words of thy dying father.

Amen.