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Show FIRST children of men, BOOK OF NEPHI. FIRST save he shall prepare a way for them that And it came to pass that when my father had heard these words, he was exceéding glad, for he knew that I had been And Laman went the house of Laban, and. he talked with [, «Nephi, and my brethren, the commandments of God. thrust him out from his presence; and. he would not that he should have the records. Wherefore he said unto him, behold thou art a robber, and I will slay thee. But Laman fled out of his presence, and told the things which Laban had done, unto us. And we began to be exceeding sorrowful, and my brethren were about to return unto my father in the wilderness. But 4 servants of Laban ne RTL 2 And it came to pass as they smote us with a rod, behold an angel of the Lord came and stood before them, and he spake unto them saying: Why do_ye smite your younger brother with Know yenot that the Lord hath chosen him to be a arod? ruler over you, and this because of your iniquities? Behold weer aretiacs oe OO y i thou shalt go up to Jerusalem again, and the Lord will deliver is Laban into your hands. YS t be destroyed, because of the wickedness of the people. "hehold, they have rejected the words of the prophets— rneretore if my father should dwell in the land after that he __ hath been commanded to flee out of the land, behold he would Laman and Lemuel again began to murmur, saying, how is it possible that the Lord will deliver Laban into our hands? also perish. Wherefore it must needs be that, he flee out of Re et ee the land. And behold, it is wisdom in God that we should Obtain these records, that we might preserve unto our children the language of our fathers ; and also that we may preserve _ unto them the words which have been spoken by the mouth of all the holy prophets, which have been delivered unto them by the spirit and power of God, since the world began, even down unto this present time, And after that the angel had spoken unto us, he departed. - And after that the angel had departed, oe because of the PED done, W herefore La- man and Lemuel did speak many hard words unto us, their” a rod. younger brothers, and they did smite us even with 4 f And all this he hath commandments of the Lord: for he knowing that Jerusalem did not overtake us, and we hid ourselves for he hearkened unto the words of Laman. i ather’s inheritance, for behold he left gold and silver, and all Manner of riches. to pass that we in the cavity of arock. And it came to pass that Laman was \ angry with me, and also with my father; and also was Lemuel ; * behold I said unto them, that as the Lord liveth, and as we live, we will not go down unto our father in the wilderness, until we have accomplished the thing which the Lord hath commandedus. Wherefore let us be faithful in keeping the commandments of the Lord ; therefore let us go down to the land of our Arid it came And gether our gold, and our silver, and bkocethe things. after that we had gathered these thingS*ogether, we went up he: again unto the house of Laban. desire and Laban, unto in went we that pass to And it came him that he would give unto us the records which were engraven upon the plates of brass, for which we would give unto a him our gold, and our silver, and all our precious things. an And it came to pass that when Laban saw our property, ee that it was exceeding great, he cud ust after it, msomuch he thrust us out, and sent his servants to slay us, that he might | obtain our property. And it came to pass that we dj Lilee behind leave to obliged were we and Laban, of fore the servants our property, and it fell into the hands of Laban. And it came to pass that we fled into the wilderness, and the took him as he satin his house. And he desired of.Laban the records which were engraven upon the plates of brass, which contained the genealogy of my father. And behold, it came to pass that Laban was angry, and . + NEPHI. went down to the land of ourinheritance, and we did gather to- our journey in the wilderness with our tents, to go up to the land of Jerusalem. ‘ And it came to pass that when we had come up to the land of Jerusalem, I and my brethren did consult one with another and we cast lots which of us should go in. unto the house of Laban. And it came to pass that the lot fell upon Laman; and in unto OF And it came to pass that after this manner of language did | persuade my brethren, that they might be faithful in keeping they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them. blessed of the Lord. BOOK . keeping > Be- | fifty, yea, even hold he is a mighty man, and he can ow are C4: 4#V. he can slay fifty; then why notus? And it came to pass that I spake unto my brethren, saying: Let us go upagain untoJerusalem, and let us be aithtul in the commandments of the Lord; for behold he i: _ mightier than all the earth, then why not mightier than Laban and his fifty, yea, or even than his tens of thousands. ‘There-Jore let us go up; let us be strong lke untogMoses 2 For he truly spake unto the waters of the Red Sea, and they divided |
