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Show 556 sinall BOOK number and dwelt with other sons, of men. and Omer. OF ETHER, BOOK and fled out of the land. and Came ove; And they won people, notyyithstanding they had sw orn unto him to do all] manner of iniquity, according to that whi ch he desired. Now the people of Aki were desirous sh n, and cows, and ep, and of swine, and ot “goats, and also many other kind of ofsheani mals, which were us ful for the food of man; and the y also had horses, and aa and there were elephants, and cur elo and E Clam 2: ® which were tseful unto man, and ms, more especially the of phants, and curelo : ms, and cumo . And t hus the Lord hea did Pour out his blessings opon this ms lan d, whi ch was choice a a all other lands; and he comman ded that whoso should Pa be the land, should possess it unto the Lord, or they shou a destroyed when they were rip ened in iniquity : for upon § 4nd saith the Lord, I wil l pour out the fulnes Emer did execute judgement in rig s of my egret days; hteousness, all me Sn and he begat many sons and daug hters ;. and he ee Y And tum; and he anointed Corian tum to reign in his stead. 4 he after that he had anointed Coriantum to reign in his stead, Hived four years, and. he saw peage in the land; yea, ae i s res an eC 557 walk in the steps of his father, and did build many mighty cities, and did administer that which was good unto his people, in all his days. And it came to pass that he had no childr for gain, eve ks, ind and of silver, and of precious thi of fine linen, and of gold, ngs, and also all manner 0! cattle, of oxe ETHER. even saw the son of righteousness, and.did rejoice and glory in his day; and he died in peace. An it d cane to pass that Coniantum did it came to pass that Akish begat the hearts of the er; wherefore the sons of n as Akish was desirous for powAki which meéans they drew aw sh did offer them money, by the ay the more part of the peo ple af ter them ; and there began to Akish and Akish, which las be a war between the sons of ted for the space of many yea rs: yea, unto the destruction of nea dom ; yea, even all, save it wer rly all the people of the kinge thirty souls, and they whic! fled with the house of Omer ; Wherefore Omer was rest ored again to the land of his inheri tance. And it came to pass that Omer began to be old ; hev erthel Emer; and he anointed Emer to ess, in his old age he begat be king to reign in his stead, And after that he had anointed Emer to be king, he saw peace in the land for the Space of two yea rs, and he died, having seen exceeding many days, which were full of sorrow. And i Came to pass that Emer did reign in his stead, and did fill the steps of his father. And the Lord began again to take the curse from off the land, and the house of Emer did prosper exceedingly under the reign of Emer ; and in the space of sixty and two years, they had be co me exceeding strong, insomuch that they became exce eding rich, having all manner of fruit, and of grain; and of sil OF en, even until he was exceeding old. And it came to pass that his wife died, being an hundr ed and two years old. And it came to pass that Coriantum took to wife, in his old age, a young maid, and begat sons and daughters ; wherefore he ived until he was an hundred and forty and two years old. And-it came to pass that he begat Com, and Com reigned in his stead; and he reigned forty and Heth; and he also begat other sons nine years, and he begat and daughters. And the people had spread again over all the face of the land, and there began again to be an great wickedness upon the face of the land, and Heth began to embrace the secret again of old, to destroy his plans father. And i came to pass he did dethrone his father: for he slew him with his that sword; and he did reign own in his stead. And there phets in the land again, came prothey must prepare the way crying repentance unto them; that «Curse upon the face of of the Lord, or there should come a great famine, in the whichthe land; yea, even there should be they should be destroyed, did not repent. But the if they peopl e believed not the Prophets, but they cast words of the them Out; and some of them ito pits, and left them they cast to perish . And it came poe done all these to pass that things according to ‘he king Heth. And the commandment of it came to pass that sreat dearth upon the there began to be a stroyed exceeding fast,land, and the inhabitants bean to be debecause of the dearth: 0 rain upon the face for there’ was he earth: and SOnOUS serpents also man upon the face of the there came forth poiore land,es and did 4 5 People. And 4 poison poiso n came tO pass that ‘ee before the Poisoitnous their flocks “Berean to serpents, towards Ward, which was called by the Nephites, Zarahthe Jang adi thrme to pass that emla kid : there ) he bef nevertheless were many of them which did , there borin were pe aa Se 2 oe ward. some which fled And it came to ‘into pass that the Lord did. uld pursue them DO. more. ay, that OUS serpents, OW the course “ame to of the beasts, the people could S, might fall by pass and ‘lid that th devour ihe a ; |
