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Show FIRST borders near BOOK OF the shore of the Red the wilderness, in the borders, FIRST BOOK NEPHI. heart that I did believe all the words which Sea; and he travelled {ny which was nearer the Red o7o ie -* ‘ T " nt , my elder brothers, ¥ my brothers. And I spake unto Sam, making known unto him the things which the Lord had manifested unto me by his Holy Spirit. And it came to pass that he believed in my words; but behold Laman and“Lemuel would not hearken unto my words : And being grieved because of the hardness of their hearts, 1 eried unto the Lord for them. And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto me, saying; Blessed art thou, Nephi, because of thy faith, for thou hast sought me diligently, with lowliness of heart. And inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall prosper, and shall be led to a land of promise ; yea, even a land which I have prepared for you ; yea, a land which is choice above all other lands. And inasmuch as thy brethren shall rebel againt thee, And inasthey shall be cut off from the presence of the Lord. much as thou shalt keep my commandments, thou shalt -be made a ruler and a teacher over thy brethren. For behold, in that day that they shall rebel against me, I will curse them even with a sore curse, and they shall have no power over thy seed, except they shall rebel against me also. And if it unte s0 ‘be that they rebel against me, they shall be a aoe, which : And it came to pass that when he had travelled three days: in the wilderness, he pitched his tent in a valley beside a river of water. And it came to pass that he built an altar of stones and he made an offering unto the Lord, and gave thanks unto the Lord our God. And it came to pass that he called the hame of the river Laman, and it emptied into the Red Sea: and the valley was in the borders near the mouth thereof. _ _ And when my father saw that the waters of the river empted into the fountain of the Red Sea, he spake unto Sianiite saying : O that thou mightest be like unto this river, continually running into the fountain of all righteousness. And he dso spake unto Lemuel: O that thou mightest be like unto hie Val Sy ley, firm, and steadfast,/and immoveable in keeping the icom‘ mandments of the Lord.’ Now this he spake because of the stiffneckedness of Laman and Lemuel; for behold, they did 4hurmur intmany things against their father, because that he Was a visionary man, and that he had led them out of the land of Jerusalem, to leave the land of their inheritance, and their % gold, and their silver, and thy seed, to stir them up in the ways of remembrancel4 // ¢ their precious things to perish in the wilderness. “ "And this they said he had doneand’because of And it came to pass that I, Nephi, returned from speaking with the Lord, to the tent of my father. And it came to pass that he spake unto me, saying: BeholdI have dreamed a dream, — in the which the Lord hath commanded me that thou and thy For behold, Laban hath brethren shall return to Jerusalem. of my forefathers, genealogy a also and Jews, the of record the and they are engraven upon plates of brass. Wherefore the Lord hath commanded me that thou and thy brothers should go unto the house of Laban, and seek the records, and bring them down hither into the wilderness. And now, behold, thy brothers murmur, saying: It is a hard thing which I have required of them; but behold I have not required it of them, but — itis a commandment of the Lord. Therefore go, my son, and thou shalt be favored of the Lord, because thou hast not murR mured. a ot." the foolish imaginations of his heart. And thus Laman and Lemuel, being the eldest, did murmur against their father.— \ind they did. did mu murmur because they y k knew not the dealings of : that God who had created them. Neither did they believe thet _ | se usalem, that great city, could be destroyed according to the +r had been spoken by my father ; wherefore I did not rebel against him like unto Sea< and he did travel in the wilderness with his family, which con- sisted of my mother, Sariah, and were Laman, Lemuel and Sam. g OF NEPHI. i fords of the prophets. And they were like unto the Jews ich were at Jerusalem, which sought itake away the life of father. ; * myAnd it came to pass that my father did speak unto them in i the valley of Lemuel, with power, being filled with the spirit, j a their frames did shake before him. And he did confound ft .j meee that they durst not utter against him; wherefore they ic: do ashe commanded them. And my father dwelt in a : ; And it came to pass that I, Nephi, being exceeding y nevertheless being large in whale and ales having rene Mae sires to know of the myster ies of God, wheref ore I did cry y og And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto my father 4 se a r § . or ‘go and do the things which’the Lord hath cominanded, i know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the Ree ge he did visit me, and did soften my ante the Lord; and behold ’ 44. . Oe Ne, ee | Be |