Unit 9

of my

8 occurrences in 7 verses

2 Nephi 3:1, 4, 6, 11, 12, 14, 21

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 3:4

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 3:11

But a seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins;

and unto him will I give power to bring forth my word unto the seed of thy loins —

and not to the bringing forth my word only, saith the Lord,

but to the convincing them of my word,

which shall have already gone forth among them.

2 Nephi 3:12

Wherefore, the fruit of thy loins shall write;

and the fruit of the loins of Judah shall write;

and that which shall be written by the fruit of thy loins,

and also that which shall be written by the fruit of the loins of Judah,

shall grow together, unto the confounding of false doctrines

and laying down of contentions,

and establishing peace among the fruit of thy loins,

and bringing them to the knowledge of their fathers in the latter days,

and also to the knowledge of my covenants, saith the Lord.

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 3:21

Because of their faith their words shall proceed forth out of my mouth

unto their brethren who are the fruit of thy loins;

and the weakness of their words will I make strong in their faith,

unto the remembering of my covenant which I made unto thy fathers.