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The Pearl of GreaT Price

A Selection from the revelAtionS, trAnSlAtionS, And nArrAtionS of JoSeph Smith firSt prophet, Seer, And revelAtor to the church of JeSuS chriSt of lAtter-dAy SAintS

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Introduction ...... v Moses ...... 1 Abraham ...... 28 Facsimile 1 ...... 28 Facsimile 2 ...... 36 Facsimile 3 ...... 41 Joseph Smith—Matthew ...... 43 Joseph Smith—History ...... 47 Articles of Faith ...... 60 Abbreviations

Old Testament New Testament Book of Mormon Gen. Genesis Matt. Matthew 1 Ne. 1 Nephi Ex. Exodus Mark Mark 2 Ne. 2 Nephi Lev. Leviticus Luke Luke Jacob Jacob Num. Numbers John John Enos Enos Deut. Deuteronomy Acts Acts Jarom Jarom Josh. Joshua Rom. Romans Omni Omni Judg. Judges 1 Cor. 1 Corinthians W of M Words of Mormon Ruth Ruth 2 Cor. 2 Corinthians Mosiah Mosiah 1 Sam. 1 Samuel Gal. Galatians Alma Alma 2 Sam. 2 Samuel Eph. Ephesians Hel. Helaman 1 Kgs. 1 Kings Philip. Philippians 3 Ne. 3 Nephi 2 Kgs. 2 Kings Col. Colossians 4 Ne. 4 Nephi 1 Chr. 1 Chronicles 1 Thes. 1 Thessalonians Morm. Mormon 2 Chr. 2 Chronicles 2 Thes. 2 Thessalonians Ether Ether Ezra Ezra 1 Tim. 1 Timothy Moro. Moroni Neh. Nehemiah 2 Tim. 2 Timothy Esth. Esther Titus Titus Doctrine and Covenants Job Job Philem. Philemon D&C Doctrine and Ps. Psalms Heb. Hebrews Covenants Prov. Proverbs James James OD Official Eccl. Ecclesiastes 1 Pet. 1 Peter Declaration Song Song of Solomon 2 Pet. 2 Peter Isa. Isaiah 1 Jn. 1 John Pearl of Great Price Jer. Jeremiah 2 Jn. 2 John Lam. Lamentations 3 Jn. 3 John Moses Moses Ezek. Ezekiel Jude Jude Abr. Abraham Dan. Daniel Rev. Revelation JS—M Joseph Smith— Hosea Hosea Matthew Joel Joel JS—H Joseph Smith— Amos Amos History Obad. Obadiah A of F Articles of Faith Jonah Jonah Micah Micah Nahum Nahum Hab. Habakkuk Zeph. Zephaniah Hag. Haggai Zech. Zechariah Mal. Malachi

Other Abbreviations and Explanations jst Joseph Smith Translation tg Topical Guide bd Bible Dictionary heb An alternate translation from the Hebrew gr An alternate translation from the Greek ie An explanation of idioms and difficult wording or Alternate words that clarify the meaning of an archaic expression hc History of the Church Italics in biblical text. Following the traditional format, italics in Bible verses indicate words that are not found in the original text (Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek) but have been added for clarification in the translation. Introduction

he Pearl of Great Price is a selection of choice materials touching Tmany significant aspects of the faith and doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. These items were translated and produced by the Prophet Joseph Smith, and most were published in the Church periodicals of his day. The first collection of materials carrying the title Pearl of Great Price was made in 1851 by Elder Franklin D. Richards, then a member of the Council of the Twelve and president of the British Mission. Its purpose was to make more readily accessible some important articles that had had limited circulation in the time of Joseph Smith. As Church membership increased throughout Europe and America, there was a need to make these items available. The Pearl of Great Price received wide use and subsequently became a standard work of the Church by action of the First Presidency and the general conference in Salt Lake City on October 10, 1880. Several revisions have been made in the contents as the needs of the Church have required. In 1878 portions of the book of Moses not contained in the first edition were added. In 1902 certain parts of the Pearl of Great Price that duplicated material also published in the Doctrine and Covenants were omitted. Arrangement into chapters and verses, with footnotes, was done in 1902. The first publication in double-column pages, with index, was in 1921. No other changes were made until April 1976, when two items of revelation were added. In 1979 these two items were removed from the Pearl of Great Price and placed in the Doctrine and Covenants, where they now appear as sections 137 and 138. In the present edition some changes have been made to bring the text into conformity with earlier documents. Following is a brief introduction to the present contents: 1. Selections from the Book of Moses. An extract from the book of Genesis of Joseph Smith’s translation of the Bible, which he began in June 1830. 2. The Book of Abraham. An inspired translation of the writings of Abraham. Joseph Smith began the translation in 1835 after obtaining some Egyptian papyri. The translation was published serially in the Times and Seasons beginning March 1, 1842, at Nau- voo, Illinois. 3. Joseph Smith—Matthew. An extract from the testimony of Mat- thew in Joseph Smith’s translation of the Bible (see Doctrine and Covenants 45:60–61 for the divine injunction to begin the translation of the New Testament). 4. Joseph Smith—History. Excerpts from Joseph Smith’s official testimony and history, which he and his scribes prepared in 1838–39 and which was published serially in the Times and Seasons in Nauvoo, Illinois, beginning on March 15, 1842. 5. The Articles of Faith of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A statement by Joseph Smith published in the Times and Seasons March 1, 1842, in company with a short history of the Church that was popularly known as the Wentworth Letter.

Selections from the Book of Moses An extract from the translation of the Bible as revealed to Joseph Smith the Prophet, June 1830–February 1831.

Chapter 1 a Almighty, and b Endless is my (June 1830) c name; for I am without beginning of days or end of years; and is not God reveals Himself to Moses—Moses this endless? is transfigured—He is confronted by 4 Satan—Moses sees many inhabited And, behold, thou art my son; wherefore a look, and I will show thee worlds—Worlds without number were b c created by the Son—God’s work and the workmanship of mine hands; but not all, for my d works are with- glory is to bring to pass the immortality e f and eternal life of man. out end, and also my words, for they never cease. he words of God, which he 5 Wherefore, no man can behold a spake unto Moses at a time all my a works, except he behold all when Moses was caught up my b glory; and no man can c behold T b d into an exceedingly high mountain, all my glory, and afterwards remain 2 And he a saw God b face to face, and in the flesh on the earth. he c talked with him, and the d glory 6 And I have a work for thee, Moses, of God was upon Moses; therefore my son; and thou art in the a simili Moses could endure his presence. tude of mine b Only c Begotten; and 3 And God spake unto Moses, say- mine Only Begotten is and shall be ing: Behold, I am the Lord God the d Savior, for he is full of e grace

1 1 a Alma 12:30; Moses 1:14 (13–14, 25). f Ps. 33:11; Moses 1:42. tg Glory; 2 Ne. 9:16; b Ex. 19:3; God, Glory of; D&C 1:38 (37–39). Ezek. 40:2; Transfiguration. 5 a tg God, Works of. Rev. 21:10; 3 a Rev. 19:6. b tg Glory; Moses 1:42. tg Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ, Glory of. 2 a Ex. 3:6; 33:20 (11–23); Power of. c tg God, Privilege of John 1:18; b Isa. 63:16; Seeing. Ether 3:15; D&C 19:10 (9–12); d Ex. 24:17; Moses 1:11. Moses 7:35. John 12:41. tg God, Privilege of tg God, Eternal tg Celestial Glory. Seeing; Nature of. 6 a Gen. 1:26; Jesus Christ, c Ex. 3:15. Deut. 18:15; Appearances, 4 a Moses 7:4. Acts 3:22; Antemortal; b Job 9:12. 1 Ne. 22:21; Vision. c Moses 7:32 (32–37). Moses 1:16 (13–16). b Num. 12:8; d Ps. 40:5; 92:5; b Moses 1:33. Deut. 34:10; Morm. 9:16 (16–20); c Moses 6:57. D&C 17:1. D&C 76:114. d 1 Ne. 13:40. tg God, Manifesta- tg God, Power of. tg Jesus Christ, Savior. tions of. e Ps. 111:8 (7–8); e John 1:17 (14, 17); c Ex. 25:1. 1 Ne. 14:7; 2 Ne. 2:6; tg Communication. D&C 29:33; Alma 13:9. d Deut. 5:24; Moses 1:38. tg Grace. Moses 1:7–18 2 and f truth; but there is g no God be- 12 And it came to pass that when side me, and all things are present Moses had said these words, behold, with me, for I h know them all. a Satan came b tempting him, saying: 7 And now, behold, this one thing Moses, son of man, worship me. I show unto thee, Moses, my son, for 13 And it came to pass that Moses thou art in the world, and now I show looked upon Satan and said: Who it unto thee. art thou? For behold, I am a a son of 8 And it came to pass that Moses God, in the similitude of his Only looked, and beheld the a world upon Begotten; and where is thy b glory, which he was created; and Moses that I should worship thee? b beheld the world and the ends 14 For behold, I could not look upon thereof, and all the children of men God, except his a glory should come which are, and which were created; upon me, and I were transfigured of the same he greatly c marveled and before him. But I b can look upon wondered. thee in the natural man. Is it not so, 9 And the a presence of God with- surely ? drew from Moses, that his b glory 15 Blessed be the name of my God, was not upon Moses; and Moses was for his a Spirit hath not altogether left unto himself. And as he was left withdrawn from me, or else where unto himself, he c fell unto the earth. is thy glory, for it is darkness unto 10 And it came to pass that it was me? And I can judge between thee for the space of many hours before and God; for God said unto me: Moses did again receive his natural b Worship God, for him only shalt a strength like unto man; and he said thou c serve. unto himself: Now, for this cause I 16 Get thee hence, Satan; deceive know that b man is c nothing, which me not; for God said unto me: Thou thing I never had supposed. art after the a similitude of mine Only 11 But now mine own eyes have Begotten. a beheld God; but not my b natural, 17 And he also gave me command- but my c spiritual eyes, for my d natu ments when he a called unto me out ral eyes could not have e beheld; for I of the burning b bush, saying: c Call should have f withered and g died in upon God in the name of mine Only his presence; but his h glory was upon Begotten, and worship me. me; and I beheld his i face, for I was 18 And again Moses said: I will not j transfigured before him. cease to call upon God, I have other

6 f Moses 5:7. c Job 42:6 (1–6); b Luke 4:2 (1–13); g Deut. 32:17; Dan. 4:35; Hel. 12:7; 2 Cor. 11:14 (13–15); 1 Kgs. 8:60; Ether 3:2. Rev. 12:9 (7–9); Isa. 44:8; 45:5 (5–22); tg Humility. 2 Ne. 1:18 (17–18); 46:9. 11 a Moses 1:2. Moses 1:21; 6:49. h Isa. 48:3 (3–7); tg God, Privilege of 13 a Job 1:6; 1 Ne. 9:6; Moses 1:35. Seeing. Isa. 14:12 (12–15). tg God, Foreknowl- b Moses 6:36. b D&C 88:24. edge of; c Moses 1:31. 14 a Moses 1:2 (2, 25). God, Omniscience of. d Ex. 33:20. tg Glory. 8 a Moses 2:1. e D&C 67:10 (10–13). b Rev. 1:17. b Moses 1:27. f Ex. 19:21; 15 a tg God, Spirit of. c Ps. 8:3 (3–4). D&C 67:11 (11–13). b Matt. 4:10. 9 a Job 10:12. g Ex. 20:19. tg Worship. b tg Glory. h tg Glory. c 1 Sam. 7:3; c Isa. 6:5; i Gen. 32:30; 3 Ne. 13:24. Acts 9:4; Moses 7:4. 16 a Moses 1:6. JS—H 1:20. j Matt. 17:2 (1–8); tg God, Body of, 10 a Dan. 10:8 (8, 17); D&C 137:1. Corporeal Nature. 1 Ne. 17:47; 19:20; tg Transfiguration. 17 a Ex. 19:3. Alma 27:17. 12 a Moses 4:4 (1, 4). b Ex. 3:2 (2–15). b tg Mortality. tg Devil. c Moses 5:8. 3 Moses 1:19–31 things to inquire of him: for his a glory with the a Holy Ghost, which beareth has been upon me, wherefore I can record of the Father and the Son; judge between him and thee. b Depart 25 And calling upon the name of hence, Satan. God, he beheld his a glory again, for it 19 And now, when Moses had said was upon him; and he heard a b voice, these words, a Satan cried with a loud saying: Blessed art thou, Moses, for voice, and ranted upon the earth, and I, the Almighty, have c chosen thee, commanded, saying: I am the b Only and thou shalt be made stronger than Begotten, worship me. many d waters; for they shall obey 20 And it came to pass that Moses thy e command as if thou wert f God. began to a fear exceedingly; and as 26 And lo, I am a with thee, even unto he began to fear, he saw the bitter- the end of thy days; for thou shalt ness of b hell. Nevertheless, c calling b deliver my people from c bondage, upon God, he received d strength, even d Israel my e chosen. and he commanded, saying: Depart 27 And it came to pass, as the voice from me, Satan, for this one God only was still speaking, Moses cast his eyes will I worship, which is the God of and a beheld the earth, yea, even all e glory. of it; and there was not a particle of 21 And now Satan began to trem- it which he did not behold, b discern- ble, and the earth shook; and Moses ing it by the c Spirit of God. received strength, and called upon 28 And he beheld also the inhabi God, saying: In the name of the Only tants thereof, and there was not a Begotten, a depart hence, b Satan. a soul which he beheld not; and he 22 And it came to pass that Satan discerned them by the Spirit of God; cried with a loud voice, with weep- and their numbers were great, even ing, and wailing, and a gnashing of numberless as the sand upon the teeth; and he departed hence, even sea shore. from the presence of Moses, that he 29 And he beheld many lands; and beheld him not. each land was called a earth, and there 23 And now of this thing Moses bore were b inhabitants on the face thereof. record; but because of a wickedness 30 And it came to pass that Moses it is b not had among the children called upon God, saying: a Tell me, I of men. pray thee, why these things are so, 24 And it came to pass that when and by what thou madest them? Satan had departed from the pres- 31 And behold, the glory of the ence of Moses, that Moses lifted up Lord was upon Moses, so that Moses his eyes unto heaven, being filled stood in the presence of God, and

18 a tg Glory; tg Record Keeping. in Egypt. Jesus Christ, Glory of. b Moses 1:41. d 1 Kgs. 8:53 (51, 53). b Matt. 4:10. 24 a 3 Ne. 11:32 (32, 36); tg Israel, Twelve 19 a tg False Christs. Moses 8:24. Tribes of. b JS—M 1:6 (5–9). 25 a tg Glory. e Ps. 33:12. 20 a tg Fearful. b Hel. 5:30; 27 a D&C 88:47 (45–47); b D&C 76:47 (44–47). 3 Ne. 11:3. Moses 1:8; 7:23; tg Hell. c Abr. 3:23. Abr. 3:21 (21–23). c JS—H 1:16 (15–16). d Ex. 14:21. tg Vision. tg Prayer. e tg Priesthood, b tg Discernment, d tg God, Power of; Authority. Spiritual; Strength. f Ex. 4:16. Holy Ghost, Mission of. e tg Glory. 26 a tg Walking with God. c tg God, Spirit of. 21 a Moses 1:12. b Ex. 3:10 (7–12). 28 a Moses 7:23. b Matt. 10:1. tg Israel, 29 a Gen. 1:10. tg Spirits, Evil or Deliverance of. tg Earth, Dividing of. Unclean. c Ex. 20:2; b 1 Ne. 17:36. 22 a Matt. 13:42 (41–42); Ps. 80:8; 30 a Moses 2:1. Mosiah 16:2 (1–3). 1 Ne. 17:23 (23–25). 23 a Luke 11:52. tg Israel, Bondage of, Moses 1:32–42 4 talked with him a face to face. And 37 And the Lord God spake unto the Lord God said unto Moses: For Moses, saying: The a heavens, they are mine own b purpose have I made many, and they cannot be numbered these things. Here is c wisdom and it unto man; but they are numbered remaineth in me. unto me, for they are mine. 32 And by the a word of my power, 38 And as one earth shall pass away, have I created them, which is mine and the heavens thereof even so shall Only Begotten Son, who is full of another come; and there is no a end b grace and truth. to my works, neither to my words. 33 And a worlds without number 39 For behold, this is my a work and have I b created; and I also created my b glory—to bring to pass the c im- them for mine own purpose; and mortality and d eternal e life of man. by the c Son I d created them, which 40 And now, Moses, my son, I will is mine e Only Begotten. speak unto thee concerning this 34 And the a first man of all men earth upon which thou standest; and have I called b Adam, which is c many. thou shalt a write the things which I 35 But only an account of this shall speak. earth, and the inhabitants thereof, 41 And in a day when the children give I unto you. For behold, there of men shall esteem my words as are many worlds that have passed a naught and b take many of them from away by the word of my power. And the c book which thou shalt write, there are many that now stand, and behold, I will raise up another d like innumerable are they unto man; but unto thee; and they shall be e had all things are numbered unto me, again among the children of men— for they are mine and I a know them. among as many as shall believe. 36 And it came to pass that Moses 42 (These words were a spoken unto spake unto the Lord, saying: Be mer- Moses in the mount, the name of ciful unto thy servant, O God, and which shall not be known among a tell me concerning this earth, and the children of men. And now they the inhabitants thereof, and also the are spoken unto you. Show them not heavens, and then thy servant will unto any except them that believe. be content. Even so. Amen.)

31 a Deut. 5:4; Jesus Christ, Jehovah. D&C 29:43 (42–44). Moses 1:11. d tg Jesus Christ, Creator. tg God, Works of. b Isa. 45:18 (17–18); e Moses 1:6. b Micah 2:9; Eph. 3:11 (7–12); 34 a Moses 3:7. Mosiah 4:12; 2 Ne. 2:15 (14–30). b Abr. 1:3. D&C 81:4 (3–4). tg Earth, Purpose of. tg Adam. tg Glory; c tg God, Intelligence of. c 1 Cor. 15:45 (45–48); Jesus Christ, Glory of. 32 a John 1:3 (1–4); 2 Ne. 2:20 (19–20); c Moses 6:59. Heb. 1:2 (1–3); D&C 27:11; 76:24; 138:38; tg Immortality; Jesus Rev. 19:13 (13–15); Moses 4:26; 6:9. Christ, Mission of; Jacob 4:9; 35 a 1 Ne. 9:6; Resurrection. Moses 2:1 (1, 5). D&C 38:2; 88:41; d tg Eternal Life; Man, tg Jesus Christ, Moses 1:6; 7:36; Potential to Become like Authority of. Abr. 3:2 (1–16). Heavenly Father. b Moses 5:7 (7–8). tg God, Omniscience of. e tg Earth, Purpose of. tg Grace. 36 a Moses 2:1. 40 a Neh. 13:1 (1–3); 33 a Job 9:9 (7–9); 37 a Gen. 1:1; 2 Tim. 3:16; Ps. 8:3 (3–4); Moses 2:1; 2 Ne. 29:11 (11–12). Amos 9:6; Abr. 4:1. 41 a Moses 1:23. D&C 76:24; tg Heaven. b 1 Ne. 13:26 (23–32). Moses 7:30 (29–31). 38 a Moses 1:4. c Ex. 17:14; tg Astronomy; Creation; 39 a Ps. 90:16; 1 Ne. 5:11; 19:23. God, Works of; World. Matt. 5:48; d 2 Ne. 3:9 (7–19). b tg God, Creator. Rom. 8:17 (14–21); e 1 Ne. 13:32, 39–40; c tg Jesus Christ, Divine 2 Ne. 2:15 (14–30); D&C 9:2. Sonship; Alma 42:26; 42 a Moses 1:1. 5 Moses 2:1–14

Chapter 2 7 And I, God, made the firmament (June–October 1830) and divided the a waters, yea, the God creates the heavens and the earth— great waters under the firmament All forms of life are created—God from the waters which were above makes man and gives him dominion the firmament, and it was so even over all else. as I spake. 8 And I, God, called the firmament And it came to pass that the Lord a Heaven; and the evening and the spake unto Moses, saying: Behold, morning were the second day. I a reveal unto you concerning this 9 And I, God, said: Let the a waters b heaven, and this c earth; d write under the heaven be gathered to- the words which I speak. I am the gether unto b one place, and it was Beginning and the End, the e Almighty so; and I, God, said: Let there be dry God; by mine f Only Begotten I g cre- land; and it was so. ated these things; yea, in the begin- 10 And I, God, called the dry land ning I h created the i heaven, and the a Earth; and the gathering together earth upon which thou standest. of the waters, called I the Sea; and I, 2 And the earth was without a form, God, saw that all things which I had and void; and I caused b darkness to made were good. come up upon the face of the deep; 11 And I, God, said: Let the earth and my c Spirit d moved upon the face bring forth a grass, the herb yielding of the water; for I am God. seed, the fruit tree yielding fruit, 3 And I, God, said: Let there be after his kind, and the tree yielding a light; and there was light. fruit, whose seed should be in itself 4 And I, God, saw the light; and that upon the earth, and it was so even light was a good. And I, God, divided as I spake. the b light from the darkness. 12 And the earth brought forth 5 And I, God, called the light Day; grass, every herb yielding seed after and the darkness, I called Night; and his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, this I did by the a word of my power, whose seed should be in itself, after and it was done as I b spake; and the his a kind; and I, God, saw that all evening and the morning were the things which I had made were good; first c day. 13 And the evening and the morn- 6 And again, I, God, said: Let there ing were the third day. be a a firmament in the midst of the 14 And I, God, said: Let there be water, and it was so, even as I spake; a lights in the firmament of the and I said: Let it divide the waters heaven, to divide the day from the from the waters; and it was done; night, and let them be for signs, and

2 1 a Moses 1:30 (30, 36). Abr. 4:2. beyond are generically b tg Heaven. 3 a D&C 88:7 (6–13). here called “Heaven.” c Moses 1:8. tg Light [noun]. The same word is also d D&C 76:80. 4 a Gen. 1:4; Abr. 4:4. used sometimes to tg Record Keeping; b tg Light [noun]. refer to paradise, to the Scribe; 5 a Moses 1:32. dwelling place of God, Scriptures, Writing of. b Ps. 33:9; and to the kingdoms of e 1 Ne. 1:14. 2 Cor. 4:6. glory. f Moses 1:32; c Gen. 1:5. 9 a tg Earth, Dividing of. Abr. 4:1. 6 a See Abr., fac. 2, fig. 4 b Gen. 1:9; g tg Creation; concerning the Abr. 4:9. Jesus Christ, Creator. firmament or expanse. 10 a ie The whole sphere h tg God, Creator; See also Gen. 1:6 (6–8); or any of its parts God, Works of. Moses 2:14–18. above the seas is called i Gen. 1:1. 7 a Amos 9:6; “Earth.” 2 a Jer. 4:23 (23–25). Abr. 4:9 (9–10). 11 a Gen. 1:11 (11–12); b tg Darkness, Physical. 8 a ie The whole expanse Abr. 4:11 (11–12). c tg God, Spirit of. around about the earth, 12 a Gen. 1:12. d Gen. 1:2; its atmosphere, and 14 a Ps. 104:19. Moses 2:15–30 6 for seasons, and for days, and for his kind, cattle, and creeping things, years; and beasts of the earth after their 15 And let them be for lights in kind, and it was so; the firmament of the heaven to 25 And I, God, made the beasts of give light upon the earth; and it the earth after their kind, and cat- was so. tle after their kind, and everything 16 And I, God, made two great which creepeth upon the earth af- lights; the greater a light to rule the ter his kind; and I, God, saw that all day, and the lesser light to rule the these things were good. night, and the b greater light was 26 And I, God, said unto mine a Only the sun, and the lesser light was the Begotten, which was with me from moon; and the stars also were made the b beginning: Let c us d make man even according to my word. in our e image, after our likeness; and 17 And I, God, set them in the fir- it was so. And I, God, said: Let them mament of the heaven to give light have f dominion over the fishes of upon the earth, the sea, and over the fowl of the air, 18 And the a sun to rule over the day, and over the cattle, and over all the and the moon to rule over the night, earth, and over every creeping thing and to divide the light from the that creepeth upon the earth. b darkness; and I, God, saw that 27 And I, God, created man in mine all things which I had made were own a image, in the image of mine good; Only Begotten created I him; male 19 And the evening and the morn- and female created I them. ing were the fourth day. 28 And I, God, blessed them, and 20 And I, God, said: Let the waters said unto them: Be a fruitful, and bring forth abundantly the moving b multiply, and replenish the earth, creature that hath life, and fowl and subdue it, and have dominion which may fly above the earth in the over the fish of the sea, and over open firmament of heaven. the fowl of the air, and over every 21 And I, God, created great a whales, living thing that moveth upon the and every living creature that mov- earth. eth, which the waters brought forth 29 And I, God, said unto man: abundantly, after their kind, and ev- Behold, I have given you every herb ery winged fowl after his kind; and bearing seed, which is upon the I, God, saw that all things which I face of all the earth, and every tree had created were good. in the which shall be the fruit of a 22 And I, God, blessed them, saying: tree yielding seed; to you it shall be Be fruitful, and a multiply, and fill for a meat. the waters in the sea; and let fowl 30 And to every beast of the earth, multiply in the earth; and to every fowl of the air, and to 23 And the evening and the morn- everything that creepeth upon the ing were the fifth day. earth, wherein I grant life, there shall 24 And I, God, said: Let the earth be given every clean herb for meat; bring forth the living creature after and it was so, even as I spake.

16 a tg Light [noun]. b tg Jesus Christ, Abr. 4:26 (26–28). b Gen. 1:16. Firstborn. 27 a tg God, Body of, 18 a tg Astronomy. c tg Jesus Christ, Creator. Corporeal Nature. b tg Darkness, Physical. d tg Man, Physical 28 a tg Birth Control. 21 a Gen. 1:21; Creation of. b Moses 5:2. Abr. 4:21. e Gen. 1:26 (26–28); tg Marriage, 22 a Gen. 1:22 (20–25); Moses 6:9 (8–10); Fatherhood. D&C 45:58; Abr. 4:26 (26–31). 29 a Gen. 1:29 (29–30); 132:63 (55–56, 63); f Gen. 1:26 (26–28); Ps. 136:25; Abr. 4:22. D&C 76:111 (110–12); D&C 104:17 (15–18); 26 a tg Jesus Christ, Divine 121:37 (34–46); Abr. 4:29 (29–30). Sonship. Moses 5:1; 7 Moses 2:31–3:9

31 And I, God, saw everything that before they were c naturally upon I had made, and, behold, all things the face of the earth. For I, the Lord which I had made were very a good; God, had not caused it to rain upon and the evening and the morning the face of the earth. And I, the Lord were the b sixth day. God, had d created all the children of men; and not yet a man to till Chapter 3 the e ground; for in f heaven g created (June–October 1830) I them; and there was not yet flesh God created all things spiritually before upon the earth, neither in the water, they were naturally upon the earth— neither in the air; 6 But I, the Lord God, spake, and He created man, the first flesh, upon a the earth—Woman is a help meet there went up a mist from the earth, for man. and watered the whole face of the ground. Thus the a heaven and the earth 7 And I, the Lord God, formed man were finished, and all the b host from the a dust of the ground, and of them. breathed into his nostrils the b breath 2 And on the seventh day I, God, of life; and c man became a living ended my work, and all things which d soul, the e first flesh upon the earth, I had made; and I a rested on the the first man also; nevertheless, all b seventh day from all my work, and things were before created; but spir- all things which I had made were itually were they created and made finished, and I, God, saw that they according to my word. were good; 8 And I, the Lord God, planted a 3 And I, God, a blessed the seventh garden eastward in a Eden, and there day, and b sanctified it; because that I put the man whom I had formed. in it I had rested from all my c work 9 And out of the ground made I, which I, God, had created and made. the Lord God, to grow every tree, 4 And now, behold, I say unto you, a naturally, that is pleasant to the that these are the generations of the sight of man; and man could be- heaven and of the earth, when they hold it. And it became also a b living were a created, in the day that I, the soul. For it was spiritual in the day Lord God, made the b heaven and that I created it; for it remaineth in the earth, the sphere in which I, God, created 5 And every plant of the field be- it, yea, even all things which I pre- fore it was in the earth, and every pared for the use of man; and man herb of the field before it grew. For saw that it was good for food. And I, the Lord God, a created all things, I, the Lord God, planted the c tree of of which I have spoken, b spiritually, life also in the midst of the garden,

31 a Gen. 1:31; Moro. 7:12; Abr. 5:4 (4–5). 6 a Gen. 2:6. D&C 59:17 (16–20). b Neh. 9:6. 7 a Gen. 2:7; b Ex. 20:11 (8–11); 31:17; 5 a Moses 6:51. Moses 4:25 (25–29); 6:59; Mosiah 13:19; Abr. 4:31. tg Creation; Abr. 5:7. 3 1 a tg Creation. God, Creator. b tg Breath of Life. b Gen. 2:1; b D&C 29:31–34; c tg Adam. D&C 29:36; 38:1; 45:1; Abr. 3:23. d Isa. 57:16. Abr. 5:1. tg Life, Sanctity of; tg Soul. 2 a Gen. 2:2 (1–3); Spirit Creation. e Moses 1:34. Abr. 5:2 (1–3). c Moses 3:9. 8 a Isa. 51:3. tg Rest. tg Man, Physical tg Eden. b tg Sabbath. Creation of. 9 a Moses 3:5. 3 a Ex. 20:11; Mosiah 13:19; d tg Man, a Spirit Child of b tg Life, Sanctity of. D&C 77:12. Heavenly Father. c Gen. 2:9; 1 Ne. 11:25; b Abr. 5:3 (1–3). e Gen. 2:5. 15:22 (22, 28, 36); c Ex. 31:15 (14–15); f tg Heaven. Alma 42:5 (2–6); Mosiah 13:18 (16–19). g tg Man, Antemortal Moses 4:28 (28, 31); 4 a Gen. 2:4 (4–5); Existence of. Abr. 5:9. Moses 3:10–25 8 and also the tree of knowledge of field, and every fowl of the air; and good and evil. commanded that they should come 10 And I, the Lord God, caused a unto Adam, to see what he would river to go out of a Eden to water call them; and they were also living the garden; and from thence it was souls; for I, God, breathed into them parted, and became into four b heads. the b breath of life, and commanded 11 And I, the Lord God, called the that whatsoever Adam called every name of the first Pison, and it com- living creature, that should be the passeth the whole land of a Havilah, name thereof. where I, the Lord God, created much 20 And Adam gave a names to all gold; cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and 12 And the gold of that land was to every beast of the field; but as for good, and there was bdellium and Adam, there was not found an help the a onyx stone. meet for him. 13 And the name of the second river 21 And I, the Lord God, caused a was called Gihon; the same that com- deep sleep to fall upon Adam; and passeth the whole land of a Ethiopia. he slept, and I took one of his ribs 14 And the name of the third river and closed up the flesh in the stead was Hiddekel; that which goeth to- thereof; ward the east of Assyria. And the 22 And the rib which I, the Lord fourth river was the Euphrates. God, had taken from man, made I 15 And I, the Lord God, took the a a woman, and brought her unto man, and put him into the Garden the man. of a Eden, to dress it, and to keep it. 23 And a Adam said: This I know now 16 And I, the Lord God, commanded is bone of my bones, and b flesh of the man, saying: Of every tree of the my flesh; she shall be called Woman, garden thou mayest freely eat, because she was taken out of man. 17 But of the tree of the a knowledge 24 Therefore shall a man leave his of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of father and his mother, and shall it, nevertheless, thou mayest b choose a cleave unto his b wife; and c they shall for thyself, for it is given unto thee; be d one flesh. but, remember that I c forbid it, for 25 And they were both naked, the in the d day thou eatest thereof thou man and his wife, and were not shalt surely e die. ashamed. 18 And I, the Lord God, said unto mine a Only Begotten, that it was not good that the man should be b alone; Chapter 4 wherefore, I will make an c help meet (June–October 1830) for him. How Satan became the devil—He tempts 19 And out of the ground I, the Eve—Adam and Eve fall, and death Lord God, formed every a beast of the enters the world.

10 a tg Eden. 15 a tg Eden. 49:19 (18–21); 77:2. b Gen. 2:10. 17 a tg Knowledge. tg Creation. 11 a Gen. 2:11. b Moses 7:32. b tg Breath of Life. 12 a Ex. 25:7. tg Agency. 20 a tg Language. 13 a ie In the area of Eden c 2 Ne. 2:15. 22 a tg Creation; Woman. and Adam-ondi-Ahman d Abr. 5:13. 23 a tg Adam. there were rivers and e Gen. 2:17; b Gen. 2:23; Jacob 2:21; lands that received Moses 4:17 (17–19). Abr. 5:17. names that were later tg Mortality. 24 a Gen. 2:24 (23–24); attached to other lands 18 a tg Jesus Christ, Divine D&C 42:22; 49:15 (15–16); and rivers. As to the Sonship. Abr . 5:18 (17–18). location of Eden and b tg Family, Eternal. b tg Family, Love within. its environs, see D&C c Gen. 2:18; Abr. 5:14. c Eccl. 4:9 (9–12). 117:8–9. 19 a Prov. 12:10; d tg Divorce; Gen. 2:13. D&C 29:24 (24–25); Marriage, Celestial. 9 Moses 4:1–14

And I, the a Lord God, spake unto to c beguile Eve, for he d knew not the Moses, saying: That b Satan, whom e mind of God, wherefore he sought thou hast commanded in the name to destroy the world. of mine Only Begotten, is the same 7 And he said unto the woman: which was from the c beginning, and Yea, hath God said—Ye shall not he came before me, saying—Behold, eat of every tree of the garden? here am I, send me, I will be thy (And he spake by the mouth of the son, and I will d redeem all mankind, serpent.) that one soul shall not be lost, and 8 And the woman said unto the surely e I will do it; wherefore f give serpent: We may eat of the fruit of me thine honor. the trees of the garden; 2 But, behold, my Beloved a Son, 9 But of the fruit of the tree which which was my Beloved and b Chosen thou beholdest in the midst of the from the beginning, said unto me— garden, God hath said—Ye shall not c Father, thy d will be done, and the eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, e glory be thine forever. lest ye die. 3 Wherefore, because that a Satan 10 And the serpent said unto the b rebelled against me, and sought to a woman: Ye shall not surely die; destroy the c agency of man, which 11 For God doth know that in the I, the Lord God, had given him, and day ye eat thereof, then your a eyes also, that I should give unto him shall be opened, and ye shall be as mine own power; by the power of gods, b knowing good and evil. mine Only Begotten, I caused that 12 And when the woman saw that he should be d cast down; the tree was good for food, and that 4 And he became a Satan, yea, even it became pleasant to the eyes, and a the b devil, the father of all c lies, to tree to be a desired to make her wise, d deceive and to blind men, and to she took of the b fruit thereof, and did lead them e captive at his will, even c eat, and also gave unto her husband as many as would not f hearken unto with her, and he did eat. my voice. 13 And the eyes of them both were 5 And now the serpent was more opened, and they knew that they a subtle than any beast of the field had been a naked. And they sewed which I, the Lord God, had made. fig leaves together and made them- 6 And a Satan put it into the heart of selves b aprons. the serpent, (for he had drawn away 14 And they heard the voice of the b many after him,) and he sought also Lord God, as they were a walking in

4 1 a Moses 5:58. d Luke 22:42. Alma 12:4; b D&C 29:36 (36–39); tg God, the Standard of D&C 123:12. 76:25 (25–26); Righteousness. 6 a tg Devil. Abr. 3:27. e Ps. 96:8; John 7:18. b D&C 29:36. c Moses 5:24. tg Glory. c tg Honesty. d tg Redemption. 3 a tg Sons of Perdition. d John 16:3 (1–3). e Isa. 14:13 (12–15). b Abr. 3:28. e 1 Cor. 2:16. f tg Selfishness. tg Council in Heaven; tg Mind. 2 a tg Jesus Christ, Divine Rebellion. 10 a 1 Tim. 2:14. Sonship; c tg Agency. 11 a Gen. 3:5 (3–6); Witness of the Father. d D&C 76:25 (25–27). D&C 76:12 (12, 19); b Moses 7:39; Abr. 3:27. 4 a Moses 1:12. Moses 5:10. tg Foreordination; b tg Devil. b Alma 12:31. Jesus Christ, Authority c 2 Ne. 2:18; D&C 10:25. tg Knowledge. of; Jesus Christ, tg Honesty; Lying. 12 a Gen. 3:6; Foreordained; d 1 Thes. 3:5; 1 Ne. 8:12 (10–15); 15:36. Jesus Christ, Messenger D&C 29:39 (39–40, 47). b D&C 29:40. of the Covenant; tg Deceit. c tg Fall of Man. Jesus Christ, Messiah. e tg Bondage, Spiritual. 13 a Gen. 2:25; 2 Ne. 9:14. c tg God the Father, f tg Disobedience. b tg Apparel. Elohim. 5 a Gen. 3:1; Mosiah 16:3; 14 a Gen. 3:8. Moses 4:15–30 10 the garden, in the cool of the day; thou shalt bring forth children, and and Adam and his wife went to hide thy desire shall be to thy b husband, themselves from the b presence of and he shall rule over thee. the Lord God amongst the trees 23 And unto Adam, I, the Lord God, of the garden. said: Because thou hast hearkened 15 And I, the Lord God, called unto unto the voice of thy wife, and hast Adam, and said unto him: Where eaten of the fruit of the tree of which a goest thou? I commanded thee, saying—Thou 16 And he said: I heard thy voice shalt not eat of it, a cursed shall be in the garden, and I was afraid, be- the ground for thy sake; in b sorrow cause I beheld that I was naked, and shalt thou eat of it all the days of I hid myself. thy life. 17 And I, the Lord God, said unto 24 Thorns also, and thistles shall it Adam: Who told thee thou wast bring forth to thee, and thou shalt naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree eat the herb of the field. whereof I commanded thee that thou 25 By the a sweat of thy b face shalt shouldst not eat, if so thou shouldst thou eat bread, until thou shalt re- surely a die? turn unto the ground—for thou shalt 18 And the man said: The woman surely die—for out of it wast thou thou gavest me, and commandest taken: for c dust thou wast, and unto that she should remain with me, dust shalt thou return. she gave me of the fruit of the tree 26 And Adam called his wife’s name and I did eat. Eve, because she was the mother of 19 And I, the Lord God, said unto the all living; for thus have I, the Lord woman: What is this thing which thou God, called the first of all women, hast done? And the woman said: The which are a many. serpent a beguiled me, and I did eat. 27 Unto Adam, and also unto his 20 And I, the Lord God, said unto wife, did I, the Lord God, make coats the serpent: Because thou hast done of a skins, and b clothed them. this thou shalt be a cursed above all 28 And I, the Lord God, a said unto cattle, and above every beast of the mine Only Begotten: Behold, the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, b man is become as one of us to c know and dust shalt thou eat all the days good and evil; and now lest he put of thy life; forth his hand and d partake also of 21 And I will put a enmity between the e tree of life, and eat and live thee and the woman, between thy forever, seed and her seed; and he shall 29 Therefore I, the Lord God, will b bruise thy head, and thou shalt send him forth from the Garden of bruise his heel. a Eden, to till the ground from whence 22 Unto the woman, I, the Lord God, he was taken; said: I will greatly multiply thy sor- 30 For as I, the Lord God, liveth, row and thy conception. In a sorrow even so my a words cannot return

14 b Jonah 1:3. 23 a Job 14:1; b tg Apparel; Clothing; 15 a Gen. 3:9. Moses 8:9. Modesty. 17 a Moses 3:17. tg Earth, Curse of. 28 a Gen. 3:22. 19 a Gen. 3:13 (1–13); b tg Suffering. b tg Man, Potential to 2 Ne. 9:9; Mosiah 16:3; 25 a Gen. 3:19 (17–19). Become like Heavenly Ether 8:25. tg Mortality. Father. 20 a Gen. 3:14 (13–16). b Moses 5:1. c tg Knowledge; 21 a Gen. 3:15. c Gen. 2:7; Job 10:9; Probation. b Ps. 68:21; Ps. 104:29; Alma 42:30; d Alma 42:5 (4–5). Rom. 16:20; Heb. 2:14. Moses 3:7; 6:59; e Gen. 2:9; 22 a Gen. 3:16. Abr. 5:7. 1 Ne. 11:25; tg Pain. 26 a Moses 1:34; 6:9. Moses 3:9; Abr. 5:9. b tg Marriage, Husbands; 27 a Gen. 27:16; 29 a tg Eden. Marriage, Wives. Alma 49:6. 30 a 1 Kgs. 8:56; Jer. 44:28. 11 Moses 4:31–5:9 void, for as they go forth out of my and to till the land, and to tend mouth they must be fulfilled. flocks, and they also begat sons and 31 So I drove out the man, and I daughters. placed at the east of the Garden of 4 And Adam and Eve, his wife, a Eden, b cherubim and a flaming a called upon the name of the Lord, sword, which turned every way to and they heard the voice of the keep the way of the tree of life. Lord from the way toward the Garden 32 (And these are the words which of b Eden, speaking unto them, and I spake unto my servant Moses, and they saw him not; for they were shut they are true even as I will; and I out from his c presence. have spoken them unto you. See 5 And he gave unto them command- thou show them unto no man, until ments, that they should a worship the I command you, except to them that Lord their God, and should offer the believe. Amen.) b firstlings of their c flocks, for an offering unto the Lord. And Adam was Chapter 5 d obedient unto the commandments (June–October 1830) of the Lord. 6 And after many days an a angel Adam and Eve bring forth children— of the Lord appeared unto Adam, Adam offers sacrifice and serves God— saying: Why dost thou offer b Cain and Abel are born—Cain rebels, sacri- loves Satan more than God, and becomes fices unto the Lord? And Adam said Perdition—Murder and wickedness unto him: I know not, save the Lord spread—The gospel is preached from commanded me. the beginning. 7 And then the angel spake, saying: This thing is a a similitude of And it came to pass that after I, the the b sacrifice of the Only Begotten Lord God, had driven them out, that of the Father, which is full of c grace Adam began to till the earth, and to and d truth. have a dominion over all the beasts 8 Wherefore, thou shalt do all that of the field, and to eat his bread by thou doest in the a name of the Son, the sweat of his b brow, as I the Lord and thou shalt b repent and c call had commanded him. And Eve, also, upon God in the name of the Son his wife, did c labor with him. forevermore. 2 And a Adam knew his wife, and she 9 And in that day the a Holy Ghost bare unto him b sons and c daughters, fell upon Adam, which beareth and they began to d multiply and to record of the Father and the Son, say- replenish the earth. ing: I am the b Only Begotten of the 3 And from that time forth, the Father from the beginning, hence- sons and a daughters of Adam began forth and forever, that as thou hast to divide two and two in the land, c fallen thou mayest be d redeemed,

31 a tg Eden. Num. 18:17; Mosiah 2:3. d Moses 1:6. b Alma 42:3. tg Firstborn. 8 a Moses 1:17. tg Cherubim. c Moses 5:19 (19–20). b Moses 6:57; 7:10. 5 1 a Moses 2:26. d tg Obedience. tg Repent. b Moses 4:25. 6 a tg Angels. c tg Prayer. c tg Labor. b tg Ordinance; Sacrifice. 9 a tg Holy Ghost, 2 a Gen. 5:4 (3–32). 7 a tg Jesus Christ, Types Baptism of. b Gen. 4:1 (1–2); of, in Anticipation. b tg Jesus Christ, Divine Moses 5:16 (16–17). b Gen. 4:5 (3–7); Sonship. c D&C 138:39. 1 Chr. 6:49; c tg Death, Spiritual, d Gen. 9:1; Moses 2:28. Alma 34:10 (10–15); First; Fall of Man. 3 a Gen. 4:17; Moses 5:28. Moses 5:21 (20–26). d Ps. 49:15; 4 a Gen. 4:26; Moses 6:4. tg Blood, Symbolism of; Mosiah 27:24 (24–26); b tg Eden. Jesus Christ, Atonement D&C 93:38; c Alma 42:9. through. A of F 1:3. 5 a tg Worship. c Moses 1:32. tg Redemption; b Ex. 13:12 (12–13); tg Grace. Salvation, Plan of. Moses 5:10–23 12 and all mankind, even as many firm decree; wherefore they must as will. be fulfilled. 10 And in that day Adam blessed 16 And Adam and Eve, his wife, God and was a filled, and began to ceased not to call upon God. And b prophesy concerning all the fami- Adam knew Eve his wife, and she lies of the earth, saying: Blessed be conceived and bare a Cain, and said: the name of God, for because of my I have gotten a man from the Lord; c transgression my d eyes are opened, wherefore he may not reject his and in this life I shall have e joy, and words. But behold, Cain b hearkened again in the f flesh I shall see God. not, saying: Who is the Lord that I 11 And Eve, his wife, heard all should c know him? these things and was glad, saying: 17 And she again conceived and Were it not for our transgression bare his brother Abel. And Abel we never should have had a seed, and a hearkened unto the voice of the Lord. never should have b known good And b Abel was a keeper of sheep, but and evil, and the joy of our redemp- Cain was a tiller of the ground. tion, and the eternal life which God 18 And Cain a loved Satan more giveth unto all the obedient. than God. And Satan commanded 12 And Adam and a Eve blessed him, saying: b Make an offering unto the name of God, and they made all the Lord. things b known unto their sons and 19 And in process of time it came their daughters. to pass that Cain brought of the 13 And a Satan came among them, a fruit of the ground an offering unto saying: I am also a son of God; and he the Lord. commanded them, saying: b Believe 20 And Abel, he also brought of the it not; and they believed it not, and a firstlings of his flock, and of the fat they c loved Satan more than God. thereof. And the Lord had b respect And men began from that time unto Abel, and to his c offering; forth to be d carnal, sensual, and 21 But unto Cain, and to his a offer- devilish. ing, he had not respect. Now Satan 14 And the Lord God called upon knew this, and it b pleased him. And men by the a Holy Ghost everywhere Cain was very wroth, and his coun- and commanded them that they tenance fell. should repent; 22 And the Lord said unto Cain: 15 And as many as a believed in Why art thou wroth? Why is thy the Son, and repented of their sins, countenance fallen? should be b saved; and as many as be- 23 If thou doest well, thou shalt lieved not and repented not, should be a accepted. And if thou doest not be c damned; and the words went well, sin lieth at the door, and Satan forth out of the mouth of God in a b desireth to have thee; and except

10 a tg Man, New, b Deut. 4:9 (9–10). c Ex. 5:2; Spiritually Reborn. 13 a tg Devil. Alma 9:6. b D&C 107:56 (41–56). b tg Spiritual Blindness; 17 a Heb. 11:4. c tg Transgress. Unbelief. b D&C 138:40. d Gen. 3:5 (3–6); c Moses 5:28; 6:15. 18 a D&C 10:21 (20–21). D&C 76:12 (12, 19); d tg Carnal Mind; b D&C 132:9 (8–11). Moses 4:11 (10–13). Man, Natural, Not 19 a Moses 5:5. e tg Joy. Spiritually Reborn. 20 a Mosiah 2:3. f Job 19:26; 2 Ne. 9:4. 14 a John 14:26 (16–26). b tg Respect. 11 a 2 Ne. 2:23 (22–25). 15 a tg Faith. c tg Sacrifice. tg Birth Control; b tg Jesus Christ, Savior. 21 a Gen. 4:5 (3–7); Family; c D&C 42:60. Moses 5:7 (4–8). Marriage, Motherhood. 16 a Gen. 4:1 (1–2). b Moses 7:26. b Gen. 3:22. b 1 Sam. 3:13; 23 a Gen. 4:7; 12 a Gen. 3:20; 1 Ne. 2:12 (12–13); D&C 52:15; 97:8; 132:50. D&C 138:39. Mosiah 27:8 (7–37). b Gen. 4:7. 13 Moses 5:24–40 thou shalt hearken unto my com- Master d Mahan, and he gloried in his mandments, I will c deliver thee up, wickedness. and it shall be unto thee according 32 And Cain went into the field, to his desire. And thou shalt d rule and Cain talked with Abel, his over him; brother. And it came to pass that 24 For from this time forth thou while they were in the field, Cain shalt be the father of his a lies; rose up against Abel, his brother, and thou shalt be called b Perdition; for slew him. thou wast also c before the world. 33 And Cain a gloried in that which 25 And it shall be said in time to he had done, saying: I am free; surely come—That these abominations were the b flocks of my brother falleth into had from a Cain; for he rejected the my hands. greater counsel which was had from 34 And the Lord said unto Cain: God; and this is a b cursing which Where is Abel, thy brother? And he I will put upon thee, except thou said: I know not. Am I my brother’s repent. a keeper? 26 And Cain was wroth, and listened 35 And the Lord said: What hast not any more to the voice of the Lord, thou done? The voice of thy broth- neither to Abel, his brother, who er’s a blood cries unto me from the walked in holiness before the Lord. ground. 27 And Adam and his wife a mourned 36 And now thou shalt be a cursed before the Lord, because of Cain and from the earth which hath opened his brethren. her mouth to receive thy brother’s 28 And it came to pass that Cain blood from thy hand. took one of his brothers’ daughters 37 When thou tillest the ground to a wife, and they b loved Satan more it shall not henceforth yield unto than God. thee her a strength. A b fugitive and 29 And Satan said unto Cain: a Swear a vagabond shalt thou be in the unto me by thy throat, and if thou earth. tell it thou shalt die; and swear thy 38 And Cain said unto the Lord: brethren by their heads, and by Satan a tempted me because of my the living God, that they tell it not; brother’s flocks. And I was wroth for if they tell it, they shall surely also; for his offering thou didst ac- die; and this that thy father may cept and not mine; my b punishment not know it; and this day I will de- is greater than I can bear. liver thy brother Abel into thine 39 Behold thou hast driven me out hands. this day from the face of the Lord, 30 And Satan sware unto Cain that and from thy face shall I be hid; and he would do according to his a com- I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond mands. And all these things were in the earth; and it shall come to done in secret. pass, that he that findeth me will 31 And Cain said: Truly I am slay me, because of mine iniquities, Mahan, the master of this great a se- for these things are not hid from cret, that I may b murder and get the Lord. c gain. Wherefore Cain was called 40 And I the Lord said unto him:

23 c tg Bondage, Spiritual. b Moses 5:13. 33 a tg Boast. d Moses 5:30. 29 a Matt. 5:36. b tg Covet. 24 a tg Honesty. 30 a Moses 5:23. 34 a Gen. 4:9 (8–15). b D&C 76:26, 32 (32–48). 31 a Deut. 27:24. 35 a tg Life, Sanctity of. tg Sons of Perdition. b tg Murder. 36 a D&C 29:41. c Moses 4:1. c Deut. 27:25. tg Curse. 25 a Hel. 6:27 (26–28). d ie “Mind,” “destroyer,” 37 a tg Strength. b Moses 5:36. and “great one” are b Gen. 4:12 (11–12). tg Curse. possible meanings of 38 a tg Covet; 27 a tg Mourning. the roots evident in Temptation. 28 a Moses 5:3 (2–3). “Mahan.” b tg Punish. Moses 5:41–56 14

Whosoever slayeth thee, vengeance 49 For a Lamech having entered shall be taken on him sevenfold. And into a covenant with Satan, after the I the Lord set a a mark upon Cain, manner of Cain, wherein he became lest any finding him should kill him. Master Mahan, master of that great 41 And Cain was a shut out from secret which was administered unto the b presence of the Lord, and with Cain by Satan; and Irad, the son of his wife and many of his brethren Enoch, having known their secret, dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east began to reveal it unto the sons of of Eden. Adam; 42 And Cain knew his wife, and she 50 Wherefore Lamech, being an- conceived and bare Enoch, and he gry, slew him, not like unto Cain, also begat many sons and daughters. his brother Abel, for the sake of get- And he builded a city, and he called ting gain, but he slew him for the the name of the a city after the name a oath’s sake. of his son, Enoch. 51 For, from the days of Cain, there 43 And unto Enoch was born Irad, was a secret a combination, and their and other sons and daughters. And works were in the dark, and they Irad begat Mahujael, and other sons knew every man his brother. and daughters. And Mahujael be- 52 Wherefore the Lord a cursed gat Methusael, and other sons and Lamech, and his house, and all them daughters. And Methusael begat that had covenanted with Satan; Lamech. for they kept not the commandments 44 And Lamech took unto himself of God, and it displeased God, and he two wives; the name of one being ministered not unto them, and their Adah, and the name of the other, works were abominations, and be- Zillah. gan to spread among all the b sons of 45 And Adah bare Jabal; he was the men. And it was among the sons father of such as dwell in a tents, and of men. they were keepers of cattle; and his 53 And among the daughters of brother’s name was Jubal, who was men these things were not spoken, the father of all such as handle the because that Lamech had spoken harp and organ. the secret unto his wives, and they 46 And Zillah, she also bare Tubal rebelled against him, and declared Cain, an instructor of every artificer these things abroad, and had not in brass and iron. And the sister of compassion; Tubal Cain was called Naamah. 54 Wherefore Lamech was despised, 47 And Lamech said unto his wives, and cast out, and came not among Adah and Zillah: Hear my voice, ye the sons of men, lest he should die. wives of Lamech, hearken unto my 55 And thus the works of a darkness speech; for I have slain a man to began to prevail among all the sons my wounding, and a young man of men. to my hurt. 56 And God a cursed the earth with 48 If Cain shall be avenged seven- a sore curse, and was angry with the fold, truly Lamech shall be a seventy wicked, with all the sons of men and seven fold; whom he had made;

40 a Gen. 4:15; of the righteous line of assumption are given Alma 3:7 (7–16). Seth and with his city, in verses 49 and 50. 41 a tg Bondage, Spiritual. Zion, also called “City 49 a Gen. 4:24. b Moses 6:49. of Enoch.” 50 a tg Oath. 42 a ie There was a man 45 a Moses 6:38; 7:5 (5–6). 51 a tg Secret Combinations. named Enoch in Cain’s 48 a ie Lamech presump- 52 a tg Curse. lineage, and a city by tively boasted that far b Moses 8:14 (14–15, 19). that name among his more would be done 55 a tg Darkness, Spiritual. people. Do not confuse for him than for Cain. 56 a tg Earth, Curse of. these with the Enoch The reasons for his 15 Moses 5:57–6:10

57 For they would not a hearken 3 And God revealed himself unto unto his voice, nor believe on his a Seth, and he rebelled not, but of- Only Begotten Son, even him whom fered an acceptable b sacrifice, like he declared should b come in the me- unto his brother Abel. And to him ridian of time, who was c prepared also was born a son, and he called from before the foundation of the his name Enos. world. 4 And then began these men to a call 58 And thus the a Gospel began to upon the name of the Lord, and the be b preached, from the beginning, Lord blessed them; being declared by c holy d angels sent 5 And a a book of b remembrance was forth from the presence of God, and kept, in the which was recorded, in the by his own voice, and by the gift of c language of Adam, for it was given the Holy Ghost. unto as many as called upon God 59 And thus all things were con- to write by the spirit of d inspiration; firmed unto a Adam, by an holy ordi- 6 And by them their a children were nance, and the Gospel preached, and taught to read and write, having a decree sent forth, that it should be a b language which was c pure and in the world, until the end thereof; undefiled. and thus it was. Amen. 7 Now this same a Priesthood, which was in the beginning, shall be in the Chapter 6 end of the world also. (November–December 1830) 8 Now this prophecy Adam spake, as he was moved upon by the a Holy Adam’s seed keep a book of remembrance Ghost, and a b genealogy was kept of —His righteous posterity preach repen the c children of God. And this was tance—God reveals Himself to Enoch— d Enoch preaches the gospel—The plan of the book of the generations of Adam, salvation was revealed to Adam—He saying: In the day that God created received baptism and the priesthood. man, in the likeness of God made he him; And Adam hearkened unto the voice 9 In the a image of his own b body, of God, and called upon his sons to male and female, c created he them, repent. and blessed them, and called their 2 And Adam knew his wife again, d name Adam, in the day when they and she bare a son, and he called his were created and became living name a Seth. And Adam glorified the e souls in the land upon the f footstool name of God; for he said: God hath of God. appointed me another seed, instead 10 And a Adam lived one hundred of Abel, whom Cain slew. and thirty years, and begat a son

57 a tg Disobedience; 5 a Abr. 1:28 (28, 31). D&C 24:6 (5–6); 28:4; Unbelief. tg Scriptures, Lost; Moses 6:32. b Moses 7:46. Scriptures, Writing of. b tg Genealogy and tg Jesus Christ, b tg Book of Temple Work. Birth of. Remembrance. c tg Sons and Daughters c tg Jesus Christ, c Moses 6:46. of God. Authority of. d tg Guidance, Divine; d Gen. 5:1. 58 a tg Gospel. Inspiration. 9 a Gen. 1:26 (26–28); b tg Preaching. 6 a tg Education; Moses 2:26 (26–29); c Alma 12:29 (28–30); Family, Children, Abr. 4:26 (26–31). Moro. 7:25 (25, 31). Responsibilities toward. b tg God, Body of, d Acts 7:53. b tg Language. Corporeal Nature. 59 a tg Adam. c Zeph. 3:9. c tg Man, Physical 6 2 a Gen. 4:25. 7 a tg Priesthood; Creation of. 3 a D&C 138:40. Priesthood, History of; d Moses 1:34; 4:26. b tg Sacrifice. Priesthood, e tg Soul. 4 a Gen. 4:26; Melchizedek. f Moses 6:44; Moses 5:4. 8 a Ex. 4:12 (12–16); Abr. 2:7. tg Prayer. 2 Pet. 1:21; 10 a D&C 107:41 (41–56). Moses 6:11–27 16 in his own likeness, after his own 19 And Cainan lived seventy years, b image, and called his name Seth. and begat Mahalaleel; and Cainan 11 And the days of Adam, after he lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight had begotten Seth, were eight hun- hundred and forty years, and begat dred years, and he begat many sons sons and daughters. And all the days and daughters; of a Cainan were nine hundred and 12 And all the days that Adam lived ten years, and he died. were nine hundred and thirty years, 20 And Mahalaleel lived sixty- and he died. five years, and begat Jared; and 13 Seth lived one hundred and five Mahalaleel lived, after he begat Jared, years, and begat Enos, and a prophe eight hundred and thirty years, and sied in all his days, and taught his son begat sons and daughters. And all Enos in the ways of God; wherefore the days of Mahalaleel were eight Enos prophesied also. hundred and ninety-five years, and 14 And Seth lived, after he begat he died. Enos, eight hundred and seven years, 21 And Jared lived one hundred and and begat many sons and daughters. sixty-two years, and begat a Enoch; 15 And the children of a men were and Jared lived, after he begat Enoch, numerous upon all the face of the eight hundred years, and begat sons land. And in those days b Satan had and daughters. And Jared b taught great c dominion among men, and Enoch in all the ways of God. raged in their hearts; and from 22 And this is the genealogy of thenceforth came d wars and blood- the sons of Adam, who was the a son shed; and a man’s hand was against of God, with whom God, himself, his own brother, in administering conversed. death, because of e secret f works, 23 And they were a preachers of seeking for g power. b righteousness, and spake and c pro 16 All the days of Seth were nine phesied, and called upon all men, hundred and twelve years, and he everywhere, to repent; and d faith died. was e taught unto the children of 17 And Enos lived ninety years, and men. begat a Cainan. And Enos and the 24 And it came to pass that all the residue of the people of God came days of Jared were nine hundred and out from the land, which was called sixty-two years, and he died. Shulon, and dwelt in a land of prom- 25 And Enoch lived sixty-five years, ise, which he called after his own and begat Methuselah. son, whom he had named b Cainan. 26 And it came to pass that Enoch 18 And Enos lived, after he begat journeyed in the land, among the peo- Cainan, eight hundred and fifteen ple; and as he journeyed, the a Spirit years, and begat many sons and of God descended out of heaven, and daughters. And all the days of Enos abode upon him. were nine hundred and five years, 27 And he heard a a voice from and he died. heaven, saying: b Enoch, my son,

10 b ie Seth was in the f tg Secret Combinations. tg Preaching. likeness and image of g Ether 8:23. b tg Righteousness. Adam, as Adam was in tg Selfishness. c Moses 8:3, 16. the image of God. 17 a D&C 107:45, 53. tg Prophets, Gen. 5:3; b Moses 6:41. Mission of. D&C 107:42–43; 138:40. 19 a Gen. 5:14 (4–24); d tg Faith. 13 a Moses 5:23. D&C 107:45 (45, 53). e tg Education. 15 a Moses 8:14 (13–15). 21 a Gen. 5:22 (5–24); 26 a tg God, Spirit of. b 3 Ne. 6:15. Moses 7:69; 8:1 (1–2). 27 a tg Guidance, Divine. c Moses 5:13. b Moses 6:41. b Jude 1:14 (14–16). d tg War. 22 a Luke 3:38. e tg Conspiracy. 23 a Moses 6:13. 17 Moses 6:28–38 c prophesy unto this people, and say thee, and no man shall pierce thee. unto them—Repent, for thus saith Open thy a mouth, and it shall be the Lord: I am d angry with this peo- filled, and I will give thee utterance, ple, and my fierce anger is kindled for all flesh is in my hands, and I will against them; for their hearts have do as seemeth me good. waxed e hard, and their f ears are dull 33 Say unto this people: a Choose of hearing, and their eyes g cannot ye b this day, to serve the Lord God see afar off; who made you. 28 And for these many generations, 34 Behold my a Spirit is upon you, ever since the day that I created wherefore all thy words will I justify; them, have they gone astray, and and the b mountains shall flee before have a denied me, and have sought you, and the c rivers shall turn from their own counsels in the dark; and their course; and thou shalt abide in their own abominations have they in me, and I in you; therefore d walk devised murder, and have not kept with me. the commandments, which I gave 35 And the Lord spake unto Enoch, unto their father, Adam. and said unto him: Anoint thine eyes 29 Wherefore, they have foresworn with a clay, and wash them, and thou themselves, and, by their oaths, they shalt see. And he did so. have brought upon themselves death; 36 And he beheld the a spirits that and a a hell I have prepared for them, God had created; and he beheld also if they repent not; things which were not visible to the 30 And this is a decree, which I have b natural eye; and from thenceforth sent forth in the beginning of the came the saying abroad in the land: world, from my own mouth, from A c seer hath the Lord raised up unto the foundation thereof, and by the his people. mouths of my servants, thy fathers, 37 And it came to pass that Enoch have I decreed it, even as it shall went forth in the land, among the be sent forth in the world, unto the people, standing upon the hills and ends thereof. the high places, and cried with a 31 And when Enoch had heard loud voice, testifying against their these words, he a bowed himself works; and all men were a offended to the earth, before the Lord, and because of him. spake before the Lord, saying: 38 And they came forth to hear b Why is it that I have found favor him, upon the high places, saying in thy sight, and am but a lad, and unto the a tent-keepers: Tarry ye all the people c hate me; for I am here and keep the tents, while we d slow of speech; wherefore am I thy go yonder to behold the seer, for he servant? prophesieth, and there is a strange 32 And the Lord said unto Enoch: thing in the land; a b wild man hath Go forth and do as I have commanded come among us.

27 c Moses 8:19. c Jer. 11:19; Matt. 10:22; c Moses 7:13. d Deut. 32:21; JS—H 1:20. d Gen. 5:24; 2 Ne. 15:25; tg Hate. Moses 7:69. D&C 63:32. d Ex. 4:10; Jer. 1:6 (6–9). tg Walking with God. e tg Hardheartedness. 32 a Ex. 4:12 (12–16); 35 a John 9:6 (6, 15). f Ps. 78:1; 2 Ne. 9:31; D&C 24:6 (5–6); 28:4; 36 a tg Man, Antemortal Mosiah 26:28; Moses 6:8; 7:13. Existence of; Spirit D&C 1:14 (2, 11, 14). tg Prophets, Body; Spirit Creation. g Prov. 7:9; Mission of. b Moses 1:11. Alma 10:25; 14:6; 33 a tg Agency. c tg Seer. Moses 7:26. b tg Procrastination. 37 a Matt. 11:6; 28 a tg Rebellion. 34 a tg Teaching with the 1 Ne. 16:2 (1–3); 29 a Moses 7:37. Spirit. Mosiah 13:7. tg Hell. b Judg. 5:5; Matt. 17:20; 38 a Moses 5:45; 7:5 (5–6). 31 a Ex. 34:8. D&C 109:74; b Gen. 16:12; b Ex. 3:11 (10–21). 133:22 (21–22, 40). Matt. 3:4 (1–12). Moses 6:39–53 18

39 And it came to pass when they to the pattern given by the finger heard him, no man laid hands on of God; and it is given in our own him; for a fear came on all them that c language. heard him; for he b walked with God. 47 And as Enoch spake forth the 40 And there came a man unto him, words of God, the people trembled, whose name was Mahijah, and said and could not a stand in his presence. unto him: Tell us plainly who thou 48 And he said unto them: Because art, and from whence thou comest? that Adam a fell, we are; and by his 41 And he said unto them: I came out fall came b death; and we are made from the land of a Cainan, the land of partakers of misery and woe. my fathers, a land of b righteousness 49 Behold Satan hath come among unto this day. And my father c taught the children of men, and a tempteth me in all the ways of God. them to b worship him; and men 42 And it came to pass, as I jour- have become c carnal, d sensual, and neyed from the land of Cainan, by devilish, and are shut out from the the sea east, I beheld a vision; and e presence of God. lo, the heavens I saw, and the Lord 50 But God hath made known spake with me, and gave me com- unto our fathers that all men must mandment; wherefore, for this cause, repent. to keep the commandment, I speak 51 And he called upon our father forth these words. Adam by his own voice, saying: I am 43 And Enoch continued his speech, God; I a made the world, and b men saying: The Lord which spake with c before they were in the flesh. me, the same is the God of heaven, 52 And he also said unto him: If and he is my God, and your God, and thou wilt turn unto me, and hear- ye are my brethren, and why a coun- ken unto my voice, and believe, and sel ye yourselves, and deny the God repent of all thy transgressions, and of heaven? be a baptized, even in water, in the 44 The heavens he made; the a earth name of mine Only Begotten Son, is his b footstool; and the foundation who is full of b grace and truth, thereof is his. Behold, he laid it, an which is c Jesus Christ, the only host of men hath he brought in upon d name which shall be given under the face thereof. heaven, whereby e salvation shall 45 And death hath come upon our come unto the children of men, ye fathers; nevertheless we know them, shall receive the gift of the Holy and cannot deny, and even the first Ghost, asking all things in his name, of all we know, even a Adam. and whatsoever ye shall ask, it shall 46 For a book of a remembrance we be given you. have b written among us, according 53 And our father Adam spake unto

39 a Luke 7:16; Remembrance; Spiritually Reborn. Alma 19:25 (24–27). Genealogy and Temple d tg Sensuality. b tg God, Privilege Work. e Gen. 4:16; of Seeing; b tg Scriptures, Moses 5:41. Walking with God. Writing of. 51 a Moses 3:5. 41 a Moses 6:17. c Moses 6:5. b tg Man, a Spirit Child b tg Righteousness. 47 a 1 Ne. 17:48 (48–55). of Heavenly Father. c Moses 6:21. 48 a 2 Ne. 2:25. c tg Spirit Creation. 43 a Prov. 1:25 (24–33); tg Fall of Man. 52 a 3 Ne. 11:26 (23–26). D&C 56:14 (14–15). b tg Death; tg Baptism, Essential. 44 a Deut. 10:14; Mortality. b tg Grace. 1 Ne. 11:6; 49 a Moses 1:12. c tg Jesus Christ, Messiah. 2 Ne. 29:7; tg Temptation. d Acts 4:12. D&C 55:1. b tg Worship. tg Jesus Christ, b Moses 6:9; c Mosiah 16:3 (3–4); Authority of; Abr. 2:7. Moses 5:13. Name. 45 a tg Adam. tg Carnal Mind; e tg Jesus Christ, Savior; 46 a tg Book of Man, Natural, Not Salvation. 19 Moses 6:54–61 the Lord, and said: Why is it that the f Son of Man, even g Jesus Christ, men must repent and be baptized a righteous h Judge, who shall come in water? And the Lord said unto in the meridian of time. Adam: Behold I have a forgiven thee 58 Therefore I give unto you a a com- thy transgression in the Garden mandment, to b teach these things of Eden. freely unto your c children, saying: 54 Hence came the saying abroad 59 That by reason of transgression among the people, that the a Son of cometh the fall, which fall bringeth God hath b atoned for original guilt, death, and inasmuch as ye were born wherein the sins of the parents cannot into the world by water, and blood, be answered upon the heads of the and the a spirit, which I have made, c children, for they are d whole from and so became of b dust a living soul, the foundation of the world. even so ye must be c born again into 55 And the Lord spake unto Adam, the kingdom of heaven, of d water, saying: Inasmuch as thy children are and of the Spirit, and be cleansed by a conceived in sin, even so when they blood, even the blood of mine Only begin to grow up, b sin conceiveth Begotten; that ye might be sanctified in their hearts, and they taste the from all sin, and e enjoy the f words of c bitter, that they may know to prize g eternal life in this world, and eter- the good. nal life in the world to come, even 56 And it is given unto them to know immortal h glory; good from evil; wherefore they are 60 For by the a water ye keep the a agents unto themselves, and I have commandment; by the Spirit ye are given unto you another law and b justified, and by the c blood ye are commandment. d sanctified; 57 Wherefore teach it unto your chil- 61 Therefore it is given to abide dren, that all men, everywhere, must in you; the a record of heaven; the a repent, or they can in nowise inherit b Comforter; the c peaceable things the kingdom of God, for no b unclean of immortal glory; the truth of thing can dwell there, or c dwell in all things; that which quickeneth his d presence; for, in the language of all things, which maketh alive all Adam, e Man of Holiness is his name, things; that which knoweth all and the name of his Only Begotten is things, and hath all d power according

53 a tg Forgive. b Lev. 15:31. b Gen. 2:7; 54 a tg Jesus Christ, Divine tg Chastity; Cleanliness; Moses 3:7; 4:25 (25–29); Sonship. God, Perfection of; Abr. 5:7. b Mosiah 3:16. Modesty; c tg Holy Ghost, tg Jesus Christ, Uncleanness. Baptism of; Man, New, Atonement through. c Ps. 15:1 (1–5); Spiritually Reborn. c tg Children. 24:3 (3–4); 27:4; d tg Baptism; d tg Salvation of Little 1 Ne. 10:21; Baptism, Essential. Children. 15:33 (33–36); e 2 Ne. 4:15 (15–16). 55 a tg Conceived in Sin. Mosiah 15:23 (19–26); f John 6:68. b tg Death, Morm. 7:7; g Abr. 2:11. Spiritual, First; D&C 76:62 (50–62). h tg Celestial Glory; Man, Natural, Not d tg God, Presence of. Glory. Spiritually Reborn. e Moses 7:35. 60 a Moro. 8:25. c D&C 29:39. f Matt. 20:28; b tg Justification. tg Opposition. John 3:13 (13–14). c tg Blood, Shedding of; 56 a Gal. 5:1; g tg Jesus Christ, Blood, Symbolism of. 2 Ne. 2:27 (26–27); Prophecies about. d tg Sanctification. Hel. 14:30 (29–30). h tg God, Justice of; 61 a tg Holy Ghost, Source tg Agency. Jesus Christ, Judge. of Testimony. 57 a 1 Cor. 6:9 (9–10); 58 a tg Authority. b tg Holy Ghost, Moses 5:8; 7:10. b tg Education. Comforter. tg Baptism, Qualifica- c tg Family, Children, c tg Peace of God. tions for; Responsibilities toward. d tg Jesus Christ, Power of. Repent. 59 a 1 Jn. 5:8. Moses 6:62–7:4 20 to wisdom, mercy, truth, justice, and son of God; and thus may all become judgment. my b sons. Amen. 62 And now, behold, I say unto you: This is the a plan of salvation unto Chapter 7 all men, through the b blood of mine (December 1830) c Only Begotten, who shall come in the meridian of time. Enoch teaches, leads the people, and 63 And behold, all things have moves mountains—The city of Zion is their a likeness, and all things are established—Enoch foresees the com b ing of the Son of Man, His atoning created and made to bear record of sacrifice, and the resurrection of the me, both things which are temporal, Saints—He foresees the Restoration, and things which are spiritual; things the Gathering, the Second Coming, and which are in the heavens above, the return of Zion. and things which are on the earth, and things which are in the earth, and And it came to pass that Enoch con- things which are under the earth, tinued his speech, saying: Behold, our both above and beneath: all things father Adam taught these things, and bear record of me. many have believed and become the 64 And it came to pass, when the a sons of God, and many have believed Lord had spoken with Adam, our not, and have perished in their sins, father, that Adam cried unto the and are looking forth with b fear, in Lord, and he was a caught away by torment, for the fiery indignation of the Spirit of the Lord, and was carried the wrath of God to be poured out down into the water, and was laid upon them. under the b water, and was brought 2 And from that time forth Enoch forth out of the water. began to prophesy, saying unto the 65 And thus he was baptized, and people, that: As I was journeying, the Spirit of God descended upon and stood upon the place Mahujah, him, and thus he was a born of the and cried unto the Lord, there came Spirit, and became quickened in the a voice out of heaven, saying—Turn b inner man. ye, and get ye upon the mount 66 And he heard a voice out of a Simeon. heaven, saying: Thou art baptized 3 And it came to pass that I turned with a fire, and with the Holy Ghost. and went up on the mount; and as I This is the b record of the Father, and stood upon the mount, I beheld the the Son, from henceforth and forever; heavens open, and I was clothed upon 67 And thou art after the a order of with a glory; him who was without beginning of 4 And I a saw the Lord; and he days or end of years, from all eter- stood before my face, and he talked nity to all eternity. with me, even as a man talketh one 68 Behold, thou art a one in me, a with another, b face to face; and he

62 a tg Gospel; b Mosiah 27:25; 7 1 a tg Sons and Daughters Salvation, Plan of. Alma 5:14 (12–15). of God. b tg Blood, Symbolism of. 66 a D&C 19:31. b Alma 40:14 (11–14). c tg Jesus Christ, Birth of. b 2 Ne. 31:18 (17–21); 2 a The Hebrew equivalent 63 a Heb. 8:5; 3 Ne. 28:11. of Simeon is Shimʼon, D&C 77:2. 67 a tg Priesthood, which means “hearing.” b Alma 30:44; Melchizedek. 3 a tg Transfiguration. D&C 88:47 (45–47). 68 a John 17:21; 4 a tg God, Privilege of 64 a 1 Kgs. 18:12; 1 Jn. 1:3; Seeing; 2 Kgs. 2:16. D&C 35:2. Jesus Christ, Appear- tg Holy Ghost, b John 1:12 (9–13); ances, Antemortal. Mission of. Mosiah 27:25 (24–26); b Gen. 32:30; b tg Baptism, Immersion. D&C 34:3. Deut. 5:4; 65 a tg Man, New, Spiritually tg Sons and Daughters Moses 1:11 (2, 11, 31). Reborn. of God. 21 Moses 7:5–17 said unto me: c Look, and I will d show the Son, which is full of b grace and unto thee the world for the space of truth, and of the Holy Ghost, which many generations. beareth record of the Father and 5 And it came to pass that I beheld the Son. in the valley of Shum, and lo, a great 12 And it came to pass that Enoch people which dwelt in a tents, which continued to call upon all the people, were the people of Shum. save it were the people of Canaan, 6 And again the Lord said unto me: to repent; Look; and I looked towards the north, 13 And so great was the a faith of and I beheld the people of a Canaan, Enoch that he led the people of God, which dwelt in tents. and their enemies came to battle 7 And the Lord said unto me: against them; and he b spake the word Prophesy; and I prophesied, saying: of the Lord, and the earth trembled, Behold the people of Canaan, which and the c mountains fled, even accord- are numerous, shall go forth in bat- ing to his command; and the d rivers tle array against the people of Shum, of water were turned out of their and shall slay them that they shall course; and the roar of the lions was utterly be destroyed; and the people heard out of the wilderness; and all of Canaan shall divide themselves in nations feared greatly, so e powerful the land, and the land shall be bar- was the word of Enoch, and so great ren and unfruitful, and none other was the power of the language which people shall dwell there but the peo- God had given him. ple of Canaan; 14 There also came a up a land out 8 For behold, the Lord shall a curse of the depth of the sea, and so great the land with much heat, and the was the fear of the enemies of the b barrenness thereof shall go forth people of God, that they fled and forever; and there was a c blackness stood afar off and went upon the land came upon all the children of Canaan, which came up out of the depth of that they were despised among all the sea. people. 15 And the a giants of the land, also, 9 And it came to pass that the Lord stood afar off; and there went forth said unto me: Look; and I looked, and a b curse upon all people that fought I beheld the land of Sharon, and the against God; land of Enoch, and the land of Omner, 16 And from that time forth there and the land of Heni, and the land were wars and bloodshed among of Shem, and the land of Haner, and them; but the Lord came and a dwelt the land of Hanannihah, and all the with his people, and they dwelt in inhabitants thereof; righteousness. 10 And the Lord said unto me: Go 17 The a fear of the Lord was upon to this people, and say unto them— all nations, so great was the b glory of a Repent, lest I come out and smite the Lord, which was upon his people. them with a curse, and they die. And the Lord blessed the c land, and 11 And he gave unto me a com- they were blessed upon the moun- mandment that I should a baptize tains, and upon the high places, and in the name of the Father, and of did flourish.

4 c Moses 1:4. b tg Grace. b Ps. 83:17 (2–17); d tg God, Omniscience of; 13 a tg Faith. 2 Ne. 25:14; Revelation. b Moses 6:32. D&C 71:7. 5 a Moses 5:45; 6:38. c Matt. 17:20; 16 a tg God, Presence of. 6 a Abr. 1:21. Luke 17:6 (5–6). 17 a Ex. 23:27 (27–28); 8 a tg Earth, Curse of. d Moses 6:34. Alma 14:26; b tg Barren. e tg Priesthood, Power of. D&C 64:43. c 2 Ne. 26:33. 14 a 3 Ne. 9:8. b tg Glory. 10 a Moses 5:8; 6:57. 15 a Num. 13:33; c 1 Chr. 28:8 (7–8); 11 a tg Baptism, Essential. Moses 8:18. 1 Ne. 2:20. Moses 7:18–31 22

18 And the Lord called his people out of heaven; and he heard a loud a Zion, because they were of b one voice saying: Wo, wo be unto the in- heart and one mind, and dwelt in habitants of the earth. righteousness; and there was no poor 26 And he beheld Satan; and he among them. had a great a chain in his hand, and 19 And Enoch continued his preach- it veiled the whole face of the earth ing in righteousness unto the people with b darkness; and he looked up and of God. And it came to pass in his c laughed, and his d angels rejoiced. days, that he built a city that was 27 And Enoch beheld a angels de- called the City of Holiness, even Zion. scending out of heaven, bearing b tes- 20 And it came to pass that Enoch timony of the Father and Son; and talked with the Lord; and he said the Holy Ghost fell on many, and unto the Lord: Surely a Zion shall they were caught up by the powers dwell in safety forever. But the Lord of heaven into Zion. said unto Enoch: Zion have I blessed, 28 And it came to pass that the God but the b residue of the people have of heaven looked upon the a residue I cursed. of the people, and he wept; and 21 And it came to pass that the Lord Enoch bore record of it, saying: showed unto Enoch all the inhabi- How is it that the heavens weep, and tants of the earth; and he beheld, shed forth their tears as the rain upon and lo, a Zion, in process of time, the mountains? was b taken up into heaven. And the 29 And Enoch said unto the Lord: Lord said unto Enoch: Behold mine How is it that thou canst a weep, see- abode forever. ing thou art holy, and from all eter- 22 And Enoch also beheld the resi nity to all eternity ? due of the people which were the 30 And were it possible that man sons of Adam; and they were a mix- could number the particles of the ture of all the seed of Adam save it earth, yea, millions of a earths like was the seed of Cain, for the seed of this, it would not be a beginning to Cain were a black, and had not place the number of thy b creations; and among them. thy curtains are stretched out still; 23 And after that Zion was taken and yet thou art there, and thy bo- up into a heaven, Enoch b beheld, and som is there; and also thou art just; lo, c all the nations of the earth were thou art merciful and kind forever; before him; 31 And thou hast taken a Zion to 24 And there came generation upon thine own bosom, from all thy cre- generation; and Enoch was high and ations, from all eternity to all eter- a lifted up, even in the bosom of the nity; and naught but peace, b justice, Father, and of the Son of Man; and and truth is the habitation of thy behold, the power of Satan was upon throne; and mercy shall go before all the face of the earth. thy face and have no end; how is it 25 And he saw angels descending thou canst c weep?

18 a D&C 38:4. c D&C 88:47 (45–47); 27 a tg Angels. tg Zion. Moses 1:28 (27–29); b tg Testimony. b 2 Chr. 30:12; Abr. 3:21 (21–23). 28 a Moro. 7:32; Acts 4:32 (31–32); 24 a 2 Cor. 12:2 (1–4). Moses 7:20. Philip. 2:1–4. 26 a Prov. 5:22; 29 a Isa. 63:9 (7–10). tg Unity. 2 Tim. 2:26 (24–26); 30 a Job 9:9 (7–9); 20 a Moses 7:63 (62–63). Alma 12:11 (10–11). Ps. 8:3 (3–4); tg Jerusalem, New. b Isa. 60:2 (1–3); D&C 76:24; b Moses 7:28. Alma 10:25; 14:6; Moses 1:33. 21 a Moses 7:31. Moses 6:27. tg Astronomy. b Moses 7:47, 69. c Moses 5:21. b tg Creation. 22 a 2 Ne. 26:33. d 2 Pet. 2:4; 31 a Moses 7:21. 23 a tg Heaven. Jude 1:6; b tg God, Justice of. b tg Vision. D&C 29:37 (36–45). c Moses 7:37 (37, 40). 23 Moses 7:32–45

32 The Lord said unto Enoch: Behold 39 And a that which I have chosen these thy brethren; they are the hath pled before my face. Wherefore, workmanship of mine own a hands, he b suffereth for their sins; inasmuch and I gave unto them their b knowl- as they will repent in the day that edge, in the day I created them; and my c Chosen shall return unto me, in the Garden of Eden, gave I unto and until that day they shall be in man his c agency; d torment; 33 And unto thy brethren have I 40 Wherefore, for this shall the said, and also given commandment, heavens weep, yea, and all the work- that they should a love one another, manship of mine hands. and that they should choose me, 41 And it came to pass that the their Father; but behold, they are Lord spake unto Enoch, and a told without affection, and they b hate Enoch all the doings of the children their own blood; of men; wherefore Enoch knew, 34 And the a fire of mine b indigna- and looked upon their wickedness, tion is kindled against them; and in and their misery, and wept and my hot displeasure will I send in the stretched forth his arms, and his c floods upon them, for my fierce an- b heart swelled wide as eternity; and ger is kindled against them. his bowels yearned; and all eternity 35 Behold, I am God; a Man of shook. Holiness is my name; Man of Counsel 42 And Enoch also saw Noah, and is my name; and Endless and Eternal his a family; that the posterity of all is my b name, also. the sons of Noah should be saved 36 Wherefore, I can stretch forth with a temporal salvation; mine hands and hold all the a cre- 43 Wherefore Enoch saw that Noah ations which I have made; and mine built an a ark; and that the Lord eye can pierce them also, and among smiled upon it, and held it in his own all the workmanship of mine hands hand; but upon the residue of the there has not been so great b wicked- wicked the b floods came and swal- ness as among thy brethren. lowed them up. 37 But behold, their sins shall be 44 And as Enoch saw this, he had upon the heads of their fathers; a bitterness of soul, and wept over Satan shall be their father, and misery his brethren, and said unto the shall be their doom; and the whole heavens: I will refuse to be b com- heavens shall weep over them, even forted; but the Lord said unto Enoch: all the workmanship of mine hands; Lift up your heart, and be glad; wherefore should not the heavens and look. weep, seeing these shall suffer? 45 And it came to pass that Enoch 38 But behold, these which thine looked; and from Noah, he beheld eyes are upon shall perish in the all the families of the earth; and he floods; and behold, I will shut cried unto the Lord, saying: When them up; a a prison have I prepared shall the day of the Lord come? When for them. shall the blood of the Righteous be

32 a Moses 1:4. 35 a Moses 6:57. b Ezek. 33:11. b tg God, Intelligence of; b Ex. 3:15; Moses 1:3. c Moses 4:2; Abr. 3:27. Knowledge. 36 a D&C 38:2; 88:41; d tg Damnation. c tg Agency. Moses 1:35 (35–37). 41 a tg God, Omniscience of. 33 a tg Love. tg God, Omniscience of. b Mosiah 28:3. b Gen. 6:11. b Gen. 6:5 (5–6); tg Compassion. tg Hate. 3 Ne. 9:9; 42 a Gen. 8:16; Moses 8:12. 34 a Num. 11:1 (1, 10); Morm. 4:12 (10–12); 43 a Gen. 6:14–22; D&C 35:14. D&C 112:23; Ether 6:7 (6–8). b Ps. 106:40. Moses 8:22 (22, 28–30). b tg Flood; Punish. c Gen. 7:10 (4, 10); 38 a 1 Pet. 3:20 (18–21). 44 a Job 10:1; Moses 8:17 (17, 24). tg Spirits in Prison. Isa. 38:15. tg Flood. 39 a ie the Savior. b Ps. 77:2; Ether 15:3. Moses 7:46–57 24 shed, that all they that mourn may and he a covenanted with Enoch, be a sanctified and have eternal and sware unto him with an oath, life? that he would stay the b floods; that 46 And the Lord said: It shall be in he would call upon the children the a meridian of time, in the days of of Noah; wickedness and vengeance. 52 And he sent forth an unalter- 47 And behold, Enoch a saw the day able decree, that a a remnant of his of the coming of the Son of Man, seed should always be found among even in the flesh; and his soul re- all nations, while the earth should joiced, saying: The Righteous is lifted stand; up, and the b Lamb is slain from the 53 And the Lord said: Blessed is foundation of the world; and through he through whose seed Messiah c faith I am in the bosom of the Father, shall come; for he saith—I am and behold, d Zion is with me. a Messiah, the b King of Zion, the 48 And it came to pass that Enoch c Rock of Heaven, which is broad as looked upon the a earth; and he heard d eternity; whoso cometh in at the a voice from the bowels thereof, gate and e climbeth up by me shall saying: Wo, wo is me, the mother never fall; wherefore, blessed are of men; I am b pained, I am weary, they of whom I have spoken, for because of the wickedness of my they shall come forth with f songs of children. When shall I c rest, and be everlasting g joy. d cleansed from the e filthiness which 54 And it came to pass that Enoch is gone forth out of me? When will cried unto the Lord, saying: When my Creator sanctify me, that I may the Son of Man cometh in the flesh, rest, and righteousness for a season shall the earth rest? I pray thee, show abide upon my face? me these things. 49 And when Enoch heard the earth 55 And the Lord said unto Enoch: mourn, he wept, and cried unto the Look, and he looked and beheld the Lord, saying: O Lord, wilt thou not a Son of Man lifted up on the b cross, have compassion upon the earth? after the manner of men; Wilt thou not bless the children 56 And he heard a loud voice; and of Noah? the heavens were a veiled; and all the 50 And it came to pass that Enoch creations of God mourned; and continued his cry unto the Lord, say- the earth b groaned; and the rocks ing: I ask thee, O Lord, in the name were rent; and the c saints arose, and of thine Only Begotten, even Jesus were d crowned at the e right hand Christ, that thou wilt have mercy of the Son of Man, with crowns upon Noah and his seed, that the of glory; earth might never more be covered 57 And as many of the a spirits as by the a floods. were in b prison came forth, and 51 And the Lord could not withhold; stood on the right hand of God; and

45 a tg Sanctification. b Ps. 104:9. Prophecies about. 46 a Moses 5:57. 52 a Moses 8:2. b 3 Ne. 27:14. 47 a tg Jesus Christ, Appear- 53 a tg Jesus Christ, Messiah. tg Jesus Christ, ances, Antemortal. b Matt. 2:2; Crucifixion of. b tg Jesus Christ, Lamb of 2 Ne. 10:14; 56 a tg Veil. God; Passover. Alma 5:50; b Matt. 27:51 (45, 50–51). c tg Faith. D&C 128:22 (22–23). c tg Saints. d Moses 7:21. c Ps. 71:3; 78:35; d tg Exaltation. 48 a tg Earth, Purpose of. Hel. 5:12. e Matt. 25:34. b tg Pain. tg Cornerstone; Rock. 57 a tg Spirits, c Moses 7:64 (54, 58, 64). d tg Eternity. Disembodied. d tg Earth, Cleansing of. e 2 Ne. 31:19 (19–20). b D&C 76:73 (71–74); e tg Filthiness. f tg Singing. 88:99. 50 a tg Flood. g tg Joy. tg Salvation for the 51 a Moses 7:60. 55 a tg Jesus Christ, Dead; Spirits in Prison. 25 Moses 7:58–69 the remainder were reserved in from the four quarters of the earth, chains of darkness until the judg- unto a place which I shall prepare, ment of the great day. an Holy City, that my people may 58 And again Enoch wept and cried gird up their loins, and be looking unto the Lord, saying: When shall forth for the time of my coming; the earth a rest? for there shall be my tabernacle, 59 And Enoch beheld the Son of and it shall be called e Zion, a f New Man ascend up unto the Father; Jerusalem. and he called unto the Lord, saying: 63 And the Lord said unto Enoch: Wilt thou not come again upon the Then shalt thou and all thy a city earth? Forasmuch as thou art God, meet them there, and we will b receive and I know thee, and thou hast sworn them into our bosom, and they shall unto me, and commanded me that see us; and we will fall upon their I should ask in the name of thine necks, and they shall fall upon our Only Begotten; thou hast made me, necks, and we will kiss each other; and given unto me a right to thy 64 And there shall be mine abode, throne, and not of myself, but through and it shall be Zion, which shall thine own grace; wherefore, I ask come forth out of all the creations thee if thou wilt not come again on which I have made; and for the the earth. space of a a thousand years the b earth 60 And the Lord said unto Enoch: As shall c rest. I live, even so will I come in the a last 65 And it came to pass that Enoch days, in the days of wickedness and saw the a day of the b coming of the vengeance, to fulfil the b oath which Son of Man, in the last days, to dwell I have made unto you concerning on the earth in righteousness for the the children of Noah; space of a thousand years; 61 And the day shall come that the 66 But before that day he saw great earth shall a rest, but before that day tribulations among the wicked; and the heavens shall be b darkened, and he also saw the sea, that it was trou- a c veil of darkness shall cover the bled, and men’s hearts a failing them, earth; and the heavens shall shake, looking forth with fear for the b judg- and also the earth; and great tribu ments of the Almighty God, which lations shall be among the chil- should come upon the wicked. dren of men, but my people will I 67 And the Lord showed Enoch d preserve; all things, even unto the end of the 62 And a righteousness will I send world; and he saw the day of the down out of heaven; and truth will righteous, the hour of their redemp- I send forth out of the earth, to bear tion, and received a fulness of a joy; b testimony of mine Only Begotten; 68 And all the days of a Zion, in the his c resurrection from the dead; yea, days of Enoch, were three hundred and also the resurrection of all men; and sixty-five years. and righteousness and truth will 69 And Enoch and all his people I cause to sweep the earth as with a walked with God, and he dwelt in a flood, to d gather out mine elect the midst of Zion; and it came to

58 a Dan. 12:8 (8–13). b tg Testimony. c Moses 7:48. 60 a tg Last Days. c tg Jesus Christ, tg Earth, Purpose of. b Moses 7:51. Resurrection. 65 a 1 Cor. 5:5. 61 a tg Rest. d tg Israel, Gathering of. b Jude 1:14. b Micah 3:6; e tg Zion. 66 a Isa. 13:7. D&C 38:11 (11–12); f tg Jerusalem, New. b tg Judgment, the Last. 112:23. 63 a Rev. 21:10 (9–11); 67 a tg Joy. c tg Veil. D&C 45:12 (11–12); 68 a Gen. 5:23; d 1 Ne. 22:17 (15–22); Moses 7:20 (20–21). Moses 8:1. 2 Ne. 30:10. b Rev. 14:13 (12–13). 69 a Gen. 5:24; tg Protection, Divine. 64 a tg Millennium. Moses 6:34. 62 a tg Righteousness. b tg Earth, Destiny of. tg Walking with God. Moses 8:1–18 26 pass that Zion was not, for God re- saying: This son shall comfort us ceived it up into his own bosom; and concerning our work and toil of our from thence went forth the saying, hands, because of the ground which Zion is Fled. the Lord hath a cursed. 10 And Lamech lived, after he be- Chapter 8 gat Noah, five hundred and ninety- (February 1831) five years, and begat sons and Methuselah prophesies—Noah and his daughters; sons preach the gospel—Great wicked 11 And all the days of Lamech were ness prevails—The call to repentance is seven hundred and seventy-seven unheeded—God decrees the destruction years, and he died. of all flesh by the Flood. 12 And Noah was four hundred and fifty years old, and a begat Ja And all the days of a Enoch were pheth; and forty-two years afterward four hundred and thirty years. he begat b Shem of her who was the 2 And it came to pass that mother of Japheth, and when he Methuselah, the son of Enoch, was was five hundred years old he begat a not taken, that the covenants of c Ham. the Lord might be fulfilled, which 13 And a Noah and his sons heark he made to Enoch; for he truly ened unto the Lord, and gave heed, covenanted with Enoch that Noah and they were called the b sons of should be of the fruit of his loins. God. 3 And it came to pass that Methu 14 And when these men began to selah a prophesied that from his loins multiply on the face of the earth, and should spring all the kingdoms of the daughters were born unto them, the earth (through Noah), and he took a sons of men saw that those daugh- glory unto himself. ters were fair, and they took them 4 And there came forth a great b wives, even as they chose. a famine into the land, and the Lord 15 And the Lord said unto Noah: b cursed the earth with a sore curse, The daughters of thy sons have sold and many of the inhabitants thereof themselves; for behold mine an- died. ger is kindled against the sons of 5 And it came to pass that Methu men, for they will not a hearken to selah lived one hundred and eighty- my voice. seven years, and begat Lamech; 16 And it came to pass that 6 And Methuselah lived, after he Noah a prophesied, and taught the begat Lamech, seven hundred and things of God, even as it was in the eighty-two years, and begat sons and beginning. daughters; 17 And the Lord said unto Noah: 7 And all the days of Methuselah My Spirit shall not always a strive were nine hundred and sixty-nine with man, for he shall know that all years, and he died. b flesh shall die; yet his days shall be 8 And Lamech lived one hundred an c hundred and twenty years; and and eighty-two years, and begat if men do not repent, I will send in a son, the d floods upon them. 9 And he called his name Noah, 18 And in those days there were

8 1 a Moses 7:68–69. 13 a Gen. 6:8; 7:5; 17 a 2 Ne. 26:11; 2 a Moses 7:52 (51–52). D&C 138:41. Ether 2:15. 3 a Moses 6:23. tg Obedience. tg God, Access to. 4 a tg Famine. b tg Sons and Daughters b Gen. 6:3; b tg Curse. of God. 2 Ne. 9:4 (4–8). 9 a Moses 4:23. 14 a Moses 5:52; 6:15. tg Flesh and Blood. tg Curse. b tg Marriage, Interfaith; c Gen. 6:3. 12 a Gen. 5:32; 9:18 (18–27). Marriage, Marry. d Gen. 7:10 (4, 10); b 1 Chr. 1:4. 15 a tg Disobedience. Moses 7:34. c Abr. 1:11 (11–27). 16 a Moses 6:23. 27 Moses 8:19–30 a giants on the earth, and they sought Jesus Christ, the Son of God, even Noah to take away his b life; but the as our fathers, and ye shall receive Lord was with Noah, and the c power the Holy Ghost, that ye may have of the Lord was upon him. all things made c manifest; and if ye 19 And the Lord a ordained b Noah do not this, the floods will come in after his own c order, and commanded upon you; nevertheless they heark him that he should go forth and d de- ened not. clare his Gospel unto the children of 25 And it a repented Noah, and men, even as it was given unto Enoch. his heart was pained that the Lord 20 And it came to pass that Noah had made man on the earth, and it called upon the children of men that grieved him at the heart. they should a repent; but they heark 26 And the Lord said: I will a de- ened not unto his words; stroy man whom I have created, from 21 And also, after that they had the face of the earth, both man and heard him, they came up before beast, and the creeping things, and him, saying: Behold, we are the sons the fowls of the air; for it repenteth of God; have we not taken unto our- Noah that I have created them, and selves the daughters of men? And that I have made them; and he hath are we not a eating and drinking, and called upon me; for they have sought marrying and giving in marriage? his b life. And our wives bear unto us chil- 27 And thus Noah found a grace in dren, and the same are mighty men, the eyes of the Lord; for Noah was a which are like unto men of old, men just man, and b perfect in his genera of great renown. And they hearkened tion; and he c walked with God, as not unto the words of Noah. did also his three sons, Shem, Ham, 22 And God saw that the a wick- and Japheth. edness of men had become great 28 The a earth was b corrupt before in the earth; and every man was God, and it was filled with violence. lifted up in the b imagination of the 29 And God looked upon the earth, thoughts of his heart, being only and, behold, it was corrupt, for all evil continually. flesh had corrupted its a way upon 23 And it came to pass that Noah the earth. continued his a preaching unto the 30 And God said unto Noah: The people, saying: Hearken, and give end of all flesh is come before me, heed unto my words; for the earth is filled with violence, 24 a Believe and repent of your sins and behold I will a destroy all flesh and be b baptized in the name of from off the earth.

18 a Gen. 6:4; 21 a Matt. 24:38; Ps. 106:45. Num. 13:33; JS—M 1:41. 26 a tg Earth, Cleansing of. Deut. 2:20; tg Disobedience. b Moses 8:18. Josh. 17:15; 22 a Gen. 6:5 (5–6); 27 a tg Grace. Moses 7:15 (14–15). 3 Ne. 9:9; b Gen. 6:9; b Moses 8:26. Morm. 4:12 (10–12); D&C 129:3 (3, 6). c tg Priesthood, D&C 112:23; c tg Walking with God. Power of. Moses 7:36 (36–37). 28 a Rev. 6:3 (3–4); 19 a D&C 107:52. b Alma 12:14 (3, 7, 14); D&C 77:7. tg Priesthood, D&C 124:99. b Gen. 6:11 (11–13); Ordination. 23 a tg Preaching. D&C 10:21; 112:23. b Abr. 1:19. 24 a tg Baptism, 29 a Gen. 6:12; c tg Priesthood, Qualifications for. D&C 82:6. Melchizedek. b tg Baptism, Essential. 30 a Gen. 6:13; 7:23; d tg Missionary Work. c 2 Ne. 32:5 (2–5); D&C 56:3; 64:35. 20 a Gen. 5:29. Moses 1:24. tg Repent. 25 a Gen. 6:6; A Facsimile from the Book of Abraham

No. 1

Explanation Fig. 1. The Angel of the Lord. Fig. 2. Abraham fastened upon an altar. Fig. 3. The idolatrous priest of Elkenah attempting to offer up Abraham as a sacrifice. Fig. 4. The altar for sacrifice by the idolatrous priests, standing before the gods of Elke- nah, Libnah, Mahmackrah, Korash, and Pharaoh. Fig. 5. The idolatrous god of Elkenah. Fig. 6. The idolatrous god of Libnah. Fig. 7. The idolatrous god of Mahmackrah. Fig. 8. The idolatrous god of Korash. Fig. 9. The idolatrous god of Pharaoh. Fig. 10. Abraham in Egypt. Fig. 11. Designed to represent the pillars of heaven, as understood by the Egyptians. Fig. 12. Raukeeyang, signifying expanse, or the firmament over our heads; but in this case, in relation to this subject, the Egyptians meant it to signify Shaumau, to be high, or the heavens, answering to the Hebrew word, Shaumahyeem.

The Book of Abraham Translated from the Papyrus, by Joseph Smith

A Translation of some ancient Records that have fallen into our hands from the cata combs of Egypt. The writings of Abraham while he was in Egypt, called the Book of Abraham, written by his own hand, upon papyrus.

Chapter 1 the fathers; it came down from the fathers, from the beginning of time, Abraham seeks the blessings of the pa yea, even from the beginning, or triarchal order—He is persecuted by before the foundation of the earth, false priests in Chaldea—Jehovah saves down to the present time, even the him—The origins and government of right of the b Egypt are reviewed. firstborn, or the first man, who is c Adam, or first father, n the land of the a Chaldeans, at through the fathers unto me. the residence of my fathers, I, 4 I sought for mine a appointment b Abraham, saw that it was need- unto the Priesthood according to the I b ful for me to obtain another place appointment of God unto the fathers of c residence; concerning the seed. 2 And, finding there was greater 5 My a fathers, having turned from a happiness and peace and rest for their righteousness, and from the me, I sought for the blessings of the holy commandments which the Lord fathers, and the right whereunto I their God had given unto them, unto should be ordained to administer the the worshiping of the b gods of the same; having been myself a follower c heathen, utterly refused to hearken of b righteousness, desiring also to to my voice; be one who possessed great c knowl- 6 For their a hearts were set to do edge, and to be a greater follower of b evil, and were wholly turned to righteousness, and to possess a greater the god of c Elkenah, and the god of knowledge, and to be a father of Libnah, and the god of Mahmackrah, many d nations, a prince of peace, and the god of Korash, and the god and e desiring to receive instructions, of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and to keep the commandments of 7 Therefore they turned their God, I became a rightful heir, a f High hearts to the sacrifice of the a heathen Priest, holding the right belonging in offering up their children unto to the fathers. these dumb idols, and hearkened not 3 It was a conferred upon me from unto my voice, but endeavored to

1 1 a Abr. 1:20 (20–30); D&C 42:61. tg Adam. 2:4 (1, 4). d Gen. 12:2; 17:6; 18:18. 4 a tg Birthright. b Gen. 11:26 (10–26); e Gen. 13:4. b D&C 84:14 (6–17). Hel. 8:18 (16–19). f tg High Priest, 5 a Gen. 12:1. c Acts 7:3 (2–4). Melchizedek Priesthood; b Josh. 24:14. 2 a tg Happiness; Priesthood, History of; c tg Heathen. Priesthood, Quali- Priesthood, Melchizedek. 6 a tg Hardheartedness. fying for; 3 a D&C 84:14 (6–17). b Alma 40:13. Rest; tg Authority; c ie the “gods,” as Righteousness. Patriarch. illustrated in Abr., b tg God, the Standard of b D&C 68:17. fac. 1. Righteousness. tg Firstborn. 7 a tg Heathen. c Prov. 19:2; c Moses 1:34. Abraham 1:8–19 30 take away my b life by the hand of god like unto that of Pharaoh, king the priest of Elkenah. The priest of Egypt. of Elkenah was also the priest of 14 That you may have an un- Pharaoh. derstanding of these gods, I have 8 Now, at this time it was the cus- given you the fashion of them in tom of the priest of Pharaoh, the the figures at the beginning, which king of Egypt, to offer up upon the manner of figures is called by the altar which was built in the land Chaldeans Rahleenos, which signi- of Chaldea, for the offering unto fies hieroglyphics. these strange gods, men, women, 15 And as they lifted up their hands and children. upon me, that they might offer me 9 And it came to pass that the up and take away my life, behold, I priest made an offering unto the god lifted up my voice unto the Lord my of Pharaoh, and also unto the god of God, and the Lord a hearkened and Shagreel, even after the manner of heard, and he filled me with the vi- the Egyptians. Now the god of sion of the Almighty, and the angel Shagreel was the sun. of his presence stood by me, and 10 Even the thank-offering of a immediately b unloosed my bands; child did the a priest of Pharaoh of- 16 And his voice was unto me: fer upon the altar which stood by a Abraham, Abraham, behold, my the hill called Potiphar’s Hill, at the b name is Jehovah, and I have heard head of the plain of Olishem. thee, and have come down to deliver 11 Now, this priest had offered upon thee, and to take thee away from this altar three virgins at one time, thy c father’s house, and from all thy who were the daughters of Onitah, kinsfolk, into a strange d land which one of the royal descent directly from thou knowest not of; the loins of a Ham. These virgins were 17 And this because they have offered up because of their virtue; turned their a hearts away from me, they would not b bow down to wor- to worship the god of Elkenah, and ship gods of wood or of stone, there- the god of Libnah, and the god of fore they were killed upon this altar, Mahmackrah, and the god of Korash, and it was done after the manner of and the god of Pharaoh, king of the Egyptians. Egypt; therefore I have come down 12 And it came to pass that the to b visit them, and to destroy him priests laid violence upon me, that who hath lifted up his hand against they might slay me also, as they did thee, Abraham, my son, to take away those virgins upon this altar; and thy life. that you may have a knowledge of 18 Behold, I will lead thee by my this altar, I will refer you to the rep- hand, and I will take thee, to put upon resentation at the commencement thee my name, even the Priesthood of this record. of thy father, and my power shall 13 It was made after the form of be over thee. a bedstead, such as was had among 19 As it was with a Noah so shall it the Chaldeans, and it stood be- be with thee; but through thy min- fore the gods of Elkenah, Libnah, istry my b name shall be known in Mahmackrah, Korash, and also a the earth c forever, for I am thy God.

7 b Abr. 1:15, 17, 30. and Seasons, March 1, d tg Promised Lands. 10 a tg False Priesthoods. 1842, but “Abraham” in 17 a tg Worship. 11 a Moses 8:12. all publications since b 1 Ne. 13:34; b Dan. 3:18 (1–23). Millennial Star, July D&C 124:8. 15 a Mosiah 9:18 (17–18); 1842. 19 a Moses 8:19. D&C 35:3. b Jer. 16:21. b Gen. 12:3 (1–3); b Abr. 2:13; 3:20. tg Jesus Christ, Abr. 2:6 (6–11). 16 a “Abram” in 1:16–17; Jehovah. c Ps. 48:14; 2:3, 6, 14, 17, in Times c Gen. 12:1. D&C 20:12. 31 Abraham 1:20–31

20 Behold, Potiphar’s Hill was in Noah, his father, who blessed him the land of a Ur, of Chaldea. And with the b blessings of the earth, the Lord broke down the altar of and with the blessings of wisdom, Elkenah, and of the gods of the but cursed him as pertaining to the land, and utterly destroyed them, Priesthood. and smote the priest that he died; 27 Now, Pharaoh being of that lin- and there was great mourning in eage by which he could not have Chaldea, and also in the court of the right of a Priesthood, notwith- Pharaoh; which Pharaoh signifies standing the Pharaohs would fain king by royal blood. b claim it from Noah, through Ham, 21 Now this king of Egypt was a therefore my father was led away by descendant from the a loins of b Ham, their idolatry; and was a partaker of the blood of 28 But I shall endeavor, hereafter, the c Canaanites by birth. to delineate the chronology running 22 From this descent sprang all back from myself to the beginning the Egyptians, and thus the blood of the creation, for the a records have of the a Canaanites was preserved come into my hands, which I hold in the land. unto this present time. 23 The land of a Egypt being first 29 Now, after the priest of Elkenah discovered by a woman, who was the was smitten that he died, there came daughter of Ham, and the daughter a fulfilment of those things which of Egyptus, which in the Chaldean were said unto me concerning the signifies Egypt, which signifies that land of Chaldea, that there should which is forbidden; be a a famine in the land. 24 When this woman discovered 30 Accordingly a famine prevailed the land it was under water, who throughout all the land of Chaldea, afterward settled her sons in it; and and my father was sorely tormented thus, from Ham, sprang that race because of the famine, and he re- which preserved the curse in the pented of the evil which he had de- land. termined against me, to take away 25 Now the first a government of my a life. Egypt was established by Pharaoh, 31 But the a records of the fathers, the eldest son of Egyptus, the daugh- even the patriarchs, concerning the ter of Ham, and it was after the right of Priesthood, the Lord my manner of the government of Ham, God preserved in mine own hands; which was patriarchal. therefore a knowledge of the begin- 26 Pharaoh, being a righteous man, ning of the creation, and also of the established his kingdom and judged b planets, and of the stars, as they his people wisely and justly all his were made known unto the fathers, days, seeking earnestly to imitate have I kept even unto this day, and I that a order established by the fathers shall endeavor to write some of these in the first generations, in the days things upon this c record, for the ben- of the first patriarchal reign, even efit of my posterity that shall come in the reign of Adam, and also of after me.

20 a Gen. 11:28; Ps. 105:23. 29 a Abr. 2:1, 17. Abr. 1:1; 2:4 (1–4). 25 a tg Governments. tg Famine. 21 a Gen. 10:6 (6–8); 26 a tg Order. 30 a Abr. 1:7 (7, 12). Abr. 1:25 (20–25). b tg Blessing. 31 a tg Record Keeping; b Ps. 78:51; 27 a tg Priesthood, Scriptures, Moses 8:12. Qualifying for. Preservation of. c Ps. 105:23; b tg Unrighteous b Abr. 3:2 (1–21). Moses 7:6 (6–8). Dominion. tg Astronomy. 22 a Gen. 10:15 (6–20); 28 a Moses 6:5. c tg Book of Moses 7:7 (6–8). tg Scriptures, Remembrance. 23 a Gen. 10:6; Writing of. Abraham 2:1–10 32

Chapter 2 brother’s son, prayed unto the Lord, and the Lord a appeared unto me, Abraham leaves Ur to go to Canaan— and said unto me: Arise, and take Jehovah appears to him at Haran—All Lot with thee; for I have purposed gospel blessings are promised to his seed to take thee away out of Haran, and and through his seed to all—He goes to make of thee a b minister to bear to Canaan and on to Egypt. my c name in a strange d land which Now the Lord God caused the a fam- I will give unto thy seed after thee ine to wax sore in the land of Ur, for an everlasting possession, when insomuch that b Haran, my broth- they hearken to my voice. er, died; but c Terah, my father, 7 For I am the Lord thy God; I dwell yet lived in the land of Ur, of the in a heaven; the earth is my b foot- Chaldees. stool; I stretch my hand over the sea, 2 And it came to pass that I, Abra and it obeys my voice; I cause the ham, took a Sarai to wife, and b Nahor, wind and the fire to be my c char- my brother, took Milcah to wife, who iot; I say to the mountains—Depart was the c daughter of Haran. hence—and behold, they are taken 3 Now the Lord had a said unto me: away by a whirlwind, in an instant, Abraham, get thee out of thy coun- suddenly. try, and from thy kindred, and from 8 My a name is Jehovah, and I b know thy father’s house, unto a land that the end from the beginning; therefore I will show thee. my hand shall be over thee. 4 Therefore I left the land of a Ur, 9 And I will make of thee a great of the Chaldees, to go into the land a nation, and I will b bless thee above of Canaan; and I took Lot, my broth- measure, and make thy name great er’s son, and his wife, and Sarai my among all nations, and thou shalt be wife; and also my b father followed a blessing unto thy seed after thee, after me, unto the land which we that in their hands they shall bear denominated Haran. this ministry and c Priesthood unto 5 And the famine abated; and my all nations; father tarried in Haran and dwelt 10 And I will a bless them through there, as there were many flocks in thy name; for as many as receive Haran; and my father turned again this b Gospel shall be called after thy unto his a idolatry, therefore he con- c name, and shall be accounted thy tinued in Haran. d seed, and shall rise up and bless 6 But I, Abraham, and Lot, my thee, as their e father;

2 1 a Abr. 1:29. b tg Delegation of Isa. 9:3; 26:15; b Gen. 11:28. Responsibility. Acts 13:26; Abr. 3:14. c Gen. 11:24 (24–26); c Gen. 12:3; b Gen. 12:2 (1–3); 49:26; 1 Chr. 1:26. Abr. 1:19. Ps. 105:10 (8–10); 2 a Gen. 11:29; 12:5. d Gen. 13:15; 17:8; 48:4; 1 Ne. 17:40; b Gen. 11:27; Ex. 33:1; 2 Ne. 29:14; 22:23 (20–24). 1 Ne. 10:3; 3 Ne. 20:27; c Gen. 20:12 (12, 16). Abr. 2:19. Morm. 5:20. 3 a Gen. 12:1; 20:13; tg Israel, Land of. tg Seed of Abraham. Acts 7:2 (1–8, 16). 7 a Moses 6:42. c D&C 84:17 (17–19); 4 a Neh. 9:7; b Lam. 2:1; Moses 6:7. Abr. 1:1, 20, 29–30. 1 Ne. 17:39; 10 a tg Israel, Blessings of. b Gen. 11:31 (31–32). D&C 38:17; b Acts 15:14; 5 a Josh. 24:2 (2–3). Moses 6:9, 44. Gal. 3:8 (7–9). 6 a Gen. 17:1; 48:3; c 2 Kgs. 2:11; c Gen. 12:2 (2–3); Ex. 6:2–3; Isa. 66:15 (15–16). Isa. 44:5. D&C 107:54; Abr. 3:11. 8 a Jer. 16:21. d Gen. 13:16 (14–16); tg God, Manifestations b tg God, Foreknowledge Rom. 4:11; of; Jesus Christ, of; God, Omni- Gal. 3:29 (26–29); Appearances, science of. 2 Ne. 30:2. Antemortal. 9 a 2 Sam. 7:23; Neh. 9:23; e tg Patriarch. 33 Abraham 2:11–22

11 And I will a bless them that bless 17 Now I, Abraham, built an a altar thee, and b curse them that curse in the land of Jershon, and made an thee; and in thee (that is, in thy offering unto the Lord, and prayed Priesthood) and in thy c seed (that is, that the b famine might be turned thy Priesthood), for I give unto thee away from my father’s house, that a promise that this d right shall con- they might not perish. tinue in thee, and in thy seed after 18 And then we passed from Jershon thee (that is to say, the literal seed, through the land unto the place or the seed of the body) shall all the of Sechem; it was situated in the families of the earth be blessed, even plains of Moreh, and we had al- with the blessings of the Gospel, ready come into the borders of the which are the blessings of salvation, land of the a Canaanites, and I of- even of life eternal. fered b sacrifice there in the plains 12 Now, after the Lord had with- of Moreh, and called on the Lord drawn from speaking to me, and devoutly, because we had already withdrawn his face from me, I said come into the land of this idolatrous in my heart: Thy servant has a sought nation. thee earnestly; now I have found 19 And the Lord a appeared unto thee; me in answer to my prayers, and 13 Thou didst send thine angel to said unto me: Unto thy seed will I a deliver me from the gods of Elkenah, give this b land. and I will do well to hearken unto 20 And I, Abraham, arose from the thy voice, therefore let thy servant place of the altar which I had built rise up and depart in peace. unto the Lord, and removed from 14 So I, Abraham, departed as the thence unto a mountain on the east Lord had said unto me, and Lot with of a Bethel, and pitched my tent there, me; and I, Abraham, was a sixty and Bethel on the west, and b Hai on the two years old when I departed out east; and there I built another c altar of Haran. unto the Lord, and d called again upon 15 And I took Sarai, whom I took to the name of the Lord. wife when I was in Ur, in Chaldea, 21 And I, Abraham, journeyed, go- and Lot, my brother’s son, and all ing on still towards the south; and our substance that we had gathered, there was a continuation of a famine and the souls that we had a won in in the land; and I, Abraham, concluded Haran, and came forth in the way to go down into Egypt, to sojourn to the land of Canaan, and dwelt in there, for the famine became very tents as we came on our way; grievous. 16 Therefore, a eternity was our 22 And it came to pass when I was covering and our b rock and our sal- come near to enter into Egypt, the vation, as we journeyed from Haran Lord a said unto me: Behold, Sarai, by the way of c Jershon, to come to thy wife, is a very fair woman to the land of Canaan. look upon;

11 a tg Israel, Blessings of. c ie There is a possibility b Abr. 1:29; 2:1. b tg Curse. that Abram traveled 18 a Gen. 12:6. c Isa. 49:3; 61:9. southward on the b tg Sacrifice. d tg Birthright; ancient route by way 19 a D&C 107:54 (53–54). Israel, Mission of; of Damascus to the b Gen. 11:31 (27–31); Priesthood, site of ancient Jerash 13:15; 17:8 (1–27); Melchizedek. (Jershon), thence down Ex. 3:8 (1–10); 12 a Jer. 29:13; D&C 88:63. the Jabbok, across the Num. 34:2 (1–29). 13 a Abr. 1:15 (15–17). Jordan, and up the tg Promised Lands. 14 a Gen. 12:4. Wadi Farah to Sechem 20 a Gen. 28:19. 15 a Gen. 12:5. (also spelled Shechem, b Gen. 13:3. tg Conversion. Sichem, and Sychem). c Gen. 13:4. 16 a tg Eternity. 17 a Gen. 12:7 (7–8); d Gen. 12:8. b tg Rock. 1 Ne. 2:7. 22 a Gen. 12:11. Abraham 2:23–3:9 34

23 Therefore it shall come to pass, revolution was a b day unto the Lord, when the Egyptians shall see her, after his manner of reckoning, it they will say—She is his wife; and being one thousand c years accord- they will kill you, but they will save ing to the time appointed unto that her alive; therefore see that ye do on whereon thou standest. This is the this wise: reckoning of the Lord’s d time, ac- 24 Let her say unto the Egyptians, cording to the reckoning of Kolob. she is thy sister, and thy soul shall live. 5 And the Lord said unto me: The 25 And it came to pass that I, planet which is the lesser light, lesser Abraham, told Sarai, my wife, all than that which is to rule the day, that the Lord had said unto me— even the night, is above or a greater Therefore say unto them, I pray thee, than that upon which thou standest thou art my a sister, that it may be in point of reckoning, for it moveth well with me for thy sake, and my in order more slow; this is in order soul shall live because of thee. because it standeth above the earth upon which thou standest, therefore Chapter 3 the reckoning of its time is not so many as to its number of days, and Abraham learns about the sun, moon, of months, and of years and stars by means of the Urim and . 6 And the Lord said unto me: Now, Thummim—The Lord reveals to him a the eternal nature of spirits—He learns Abraham, these two facts exist, be- of pre hold thine eyes see it; it is given unto -earth life, foreordination, the thee to know the times of reckoning, Creation, the choosing of a Redeemer, and the set time, yea, the set time of and the second estate of man. the earth upon which thou standest, And I, Abraham, had the a Urim and and the set time of the greater light Thummim, which the Lord my God which is set to rule the day, and the had given unto me, in Ur of the set time of the lesser light which is Chaldees; set to rule the night. 2 And I saw the a stars, that they were 7 Now the set time of the lesser light very great, and that one of them was is a longer time as to its reckoning nearest unto the throne of God; and than the reckoning of the time of there were many great ones which the earth upon which thou standest. were near unto it; 8 And where these two facts exist, 3 And the Lord said unto me: These there shall be another fact above are the governing ones; and the name them, that is, there shall be another of the great one is a Kolob, because planet whose reckoning of time shall it is near unto me, for I am the Lord be longer still; thy God: I have set this one to gov- 9 And thus there shall be the reck- ern all those which belong to the oning of the time of one a planet same order as that upon which thou above another, until thou come nigh standest. unto Kolob, which Kolob is after the 4 And the Lord said unto me, by reckoning of the Lord’s time; which the Urim and Thummim, that Kolob Kolob is set nigh unto the throne was after the manner of the Lord, of God, to govern all those planets according to its a times and seasons which belong to the same b order as in the revolutions thereof; that one that upon which thou standest.

25 a Gen. 12:13 (9–20); 20:12. 3 a See also Abr., fac. 2, d tg Time. 3 1 a Ex. 28:30; figs. 1–5. 5 a ie It rotates on its Mosiah 8:13 (13–19); Abr. 3:16; 5:13. axis more slowly. See 28:13 (13–16); tg Astronomy. also v. 7. JS—H 1:35. 4 a Dan. 2:21. 6 a Abr. 3:16 (16–19). tg Urim and Thummim. b Abr. 5:13. 9 a tg Astronomy. 2 a Moses 1:35 (35–37); 7:36; c Ps. 90:4; b D&C 77:3; 88:42 (37–42). Abr. 1:31. 2 Pet. 3:8. tg Order. 35 Abraham 3:10–22

10 And it is given unto thee to know 17 Now, if there be two things, one the set time of all the stars that are above the other, and the moon be set to give light, until thou come near above the earth, then it may be that unto the throne of God. a planet or a star may exist above it; 11 Thus I, Abraham, a talked with the and there is nothing that the Lord Lord, face to face, as one man talketh thy God shall take in his heart to do with another; and he told me of the but what he will a do it. works which his hands had made; 18 Howbeit that he made the greater 12 And he said unto me: My son, star; as, also, if there be two a spirits, my son (and his hand was stretched and one shall be more intelligent than out), behold I will show you all these. the other, yet these two spirits, not- And he put his hand upon mine withstanding one is more intelligent eyes, and I saw those things which than the other, have no beginning; his hands had made, which were they existed before, they shall have many; and they multiplied before no end, they shall exist after, for they mine eyes, and I could not see the are b gnolaum, or eternal. end thereof. 19 And the Lord said unto me: 13 And he said unto me: This is These two facts do exist, that there Shinehah, which is the sun. And he are two spirits, one being more intel- said unto me: Kokob, which is star. ligent than the other; there shall be And he said unto me: Olea, which another more intelligent than they; is the moon. And he said unto me: I am the Lord thy God, I am a more Kokaubeam, which signifies stars, intelligent than they all. or all the great lights, which were 20 The Lord thy God sent his angel in the firmament of heaven. to a deliver thee from the hands of 14 And it was in the night time the priest of Elkenah. when the Lord spake these words 21 I dwell in the midst of them all; I unto me: I will a multiply thee, and now, therefore, have come down unto thy b seed after thee, like unto these; thee to declare unto thee the a works and if thou canst count the c number which my hands have made, wherein of sands, so shall be the number of my b wisdom excelleth them all, for thy seeds. I c rule in the heavens above, and in 15 And the Lord said unto me: the earth beneath, in all wisdom and Abraham, I a show these things unto prudence, over all the intelligences thee before ye go into Egypt, that ye thine eyes have seen from the begin- may declare all these words. ning; I came down in the beginning 16 If a two things exist, and there in the midst of all the intelligences be one above the other, there shall thou hast seen. be greater things above them; there- 22 Now the Lord had shown unto fore b Kolob is the greatest of all the me, Abraham, the a intelligences Kokaubeam that thou hast seen, be- that were organized before the cause it is nearest unto me. world was; and among all these

11 a Gen. 17:1; b Abr. 3:3. Moses 1:27 (27–28); 7:23. Abr. 2:6 (6, 8, 19). 17 a Job 9:4 (4–12). b Job 12:13 (7–25); tg God, Access to; 18 a tg Spirit Body; 2 Ne. 9:8. God, Manifestations of; Spirit Creation. c tg God, Perfection of; God, Privilege of b Gnolaum is a transliter- Kingdom of God, in Seeing. ation of a Hebrew word Heaven. 14 a Abr. 2:9. meaning eternal. 22 a tg Council in Heaven; b Gen. 13:16; 19 a Isa. 55:9 (8–9). Intelligence; D&C 132:30. tg God, Intelligence of; Man, Antemortal c Gen. 22:17; God, Omniscience of; Existence of; Hosea 1:10. Intelligence. Man, a Spirit Child of 15 a tg Guidance, Divine. 20 a Abr. 1:15. Heavenly Father; 16 a Abr. 3:6 (6, 8). 21 a D&C 88:47 (45–47); Spirit Creation. A Facsimile from the Book of Abraham

No. 2 Explanation Fig. 1. Kolob, signifying the first creation, nearest to the celestial, or the residence of God. First in government, the last pertaining to the measurement of time. The measurement according to celestial time, which celestial time signifies one day to a cubit. One day in Kolob is equal to a thousand years according to the measurement of this earth, which is called by the Egyptians Jah-oh-eh. Fig. 2. Stands next to Kolob, called by the Egyptians Oliblish, which is the next grand governing creation near to the celestial or the place where God resides; holding the key of power also, pertaining to other planets; as revealed from God to Abraham, as he offered sacrifice upon an altar, which he had built unto the Lord. Fig. 3. Is made to represent God, sitting upon his throne, clothed with power and authority; with a crown of eternal light upon his head; representing also the grand Key-words of the Holy Priesthood, as revealed to Adam in the Garden of Eden, as also to Seth, Noah, Melchizedek, Abraham, and all to whom the Priesthood was revealed. Fig. 4. Answers to the Hebrew word Raukeeyang, signifying expanse, or the firmament of the heavens; also a numerical figure, in Egyptian signifying one thousand; answering to the measuring of the time of Oliblish, which is equal with Kolob in its revolution and in its measuring of time. Fig. 5. Is called in Egyptian Enish-go-on-dosh; this is one of the governing planets also, and is said by the Egyptians to be the Sun, and to borrow its light from Kolob through the medium of Kae-e-vanrash, which is the grand Key, or, in other words, the governing power, which governs fifteen other fixed planets or stars, as also Floeese or the Moon, the Earth and the Sun in their annual revolutions. This planet receives its power through the medium of Kli-flos-is-es, or Hah-ko-kau-beam, the stars represented by numbers 22 and 23, receiving light from the revolutions of Kolob. Fig. 6. Represents this earth in its four quarters. Fig. 7. Represents God sitting upon his throne, revealing through the heavens the grand Key-words of the Priesthood; as, also, the sign of the Holy Ghost unto Abraham, in the form of a dove. Fig. 8. Contains writings that cannot be revealed unto the world; but is to be had in the Holy Temple of God. Fig. 9. Ought not to be revealed at the present time. Fig. 10. Also. Fig. 11. Also. If the world can find out these numbers, so let it be. Amen. Figures 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21 will be given in the own due time of the Lord. The above translation is given as far as we have any right to give at the present time. Abraham 3:23–4:7 38 there were many of the b noble and Chapter 4 great ones; 23 And God saw these souls that The Gods plan the creation of the earth they were good, and he stood in the and all life thereon—Their plans for midst of them, and he said: These the six days of creation are set forth. I will make my rulers; for he stood And then the Lord said: Let us go among those that were spirits, and down. And they went down at the he saw that they were good; and he beginning, and they, that is the a Gods, said unto me: Abraham, thou art one b organized and formed the c heavens of them; thou wast a chosen before and the earth. thou wast born. 2 And the earth, after it was formed, 24 And there stood a one among was empty and desolate, because they them that was like unto God, and he had not formed anything but the said unto those who were with him: earth; and a darkness reigned upon We will go down, for there is space the face of the deep, and the Spirit there, and we will take of these ma- of the Gods b was brooding upon the terials, and b we will make an earth face of the waters. whereon these may c dwell; 3 And they (the Gods) said: Let there 25 And we will a prove them here- be light; and there was light. with, to see if they will b do all things 4 And they (the Gods) compre- whatsoever the Lord their God shall hended the light, for it was a bright; command them; and they divided the light, or 26 And they who a keep their caused it to be divided, from the first b estate shall be added upon; darkness. and they who keep not their first 5 And the Gods called the light Day, estate shall not have glory in the and the darkness they called Night. same kingdom with those who keep And it came to pass that from the their first estate; and they who evening until morning they called keep their second c estate shall have a night; and from the morning un- d glory added upon their heads for til the evening they called day; ever and ever. and this was the first, or the begin- 27 And the a Lord said: Whom shall ning, of that which they called day I b send? And one answered like unto and night. the Son of Man: Here am I, send me. 6 And the Gods also said: Let there And c another answered and said: be an a expanse in the midst of the Here am I, send me. And the Lord waters, and it shall divide the waters said: I will d send the first. from the waters. 28 And the a second was angry, and 7 And the Gods ordered the ex- kept not his first b estate; and, at that panse, so that it divided the waters day, many followed after him. which were under the expanse from

22 b D&C 138:55. 26 a tg Dependability. Jesus Christ, Mission of. 23 a Isa. 49:1 (1–5); b Jude 1:6. 28 a tg Devil. Jer. 1:5; c tg Mortality. b tg Sons of Perdition. Moses 1:25; 3:5. d Titus 1:2. 4 1 a Gen. 1:1; tg Election; tg Glory; Reward. Moses 2:1. Foreordination. 27 a tg God the Father, tg Jesus Christ, Creator. 24 a tg Jesus Christ, Elohim. b Prov. 3:19 (19–20). Firstborn. b Moses 7:39. c Moses 1:37 (36–38). b tg Jesus Christ, Creator. c Moses 4:1 (1–2). 2 a tg Darkness, Physical. c tg Earth, Purpose of. d tg Jesus Christ, b Gen. 1:2; 25 a D&C 98:14 (12–14); Authority of; Moses 2:2. 124:55. Jesus Christ, 4 a Gen. 1:4; tg Agency; Foreordained; Moses 2:4. Salvation, Plan of; Jesus Christ, Messenger 5 a Gen. 1:5. Test. of the Covenant; 6 a Gen. 1:6. b tg Obedience. Jesus Christ, Messiah; 39 Abraham 4:8–23 the waters which were above the to be for signs and for seasons, and expanse; and it was so, even as they for days and for years; ordered. 15 And organized them to be for 8 And the Gods called the expanse, lights in the expanse of the heaven Heaven. And it came to pass that it to give light upon the earth; and it was from evening until morning was so. that they called night; and it came 16 And the Gods organized the to pass that it was from morning un- two great lights, the a greater light to til evening that they called day; and rule the day, and the lesser light this was the second a time that they to rule the night; with the lesser called night and day. light they set the stars also; 9 And the Gods ordered, saying: 17 And the Gods set them in the Let the a waters under the heaven be expanse of the heavens, to give light gathered together unto b one place, upon the earth, and to rule over and let the earth come up dry; and the day and over the night, and to it was so as they ordered; cause to divide the light from the 10 And the Gods pronounced the a darkness. dry land, Earth; and the gathering 18 And the Gods watched those together of the waters, pronounced things which they had a ordered un- they, a Great Waters; and the Gods til they obeyed. saw that they were obeyed. 19 And it came to pass that it was 11 And the Gods said: Let us pre- from evening until morning that it pare the earth to bring forth a grass; was night; and it came to pass that it the herb yielding seed; the fruit tree was from morning until evening that yielding fruit, after his kind, whose it was day; and it was the fourth time. seed in itself yieldeth its own like- 20 And the Gods said: Let us pre- ness upon the earth; and it was so, pare the waters to bring forth abun- even as they ordered. dantly the moving creatures that 12 And the Gods organized the have life; and the fowl, that they a earth to bring forth grass from its may fly above the earth in the open own seed, and the herb to bring expanse of heaven. forth herb from its own seed, yield- 21 And the Gods prepared the wa- ing seed after his kind; and the earth ters that they might bring forth great to bring forth the tree from its own a whales, and every living creature seed, yielding fruit, whose seed could that moveth, which the waters were only bring forth the same in itself, to bring forth abundantly after their after his kind; and the Gods saw that kind; and every winged fowl after they were obeyed. their kind. And the Gods saw that 13 And it came to pass that they they would be obeyed, and that their numbered the days; from the eve- plan was good. ning until the morning they called 22 And the Gods said: We will bless night; and it came to pass, from the them, and cause them to be fruitful morning until the evening they called and multiply, and fill the waters in day; and it was the third time. the seas or a great waters; and cause 14 And the Gods organized the the fowl to multiply in the earth. a lights in the expanse of the heaven, 23 And it came to pass that it was and caused them to divide the day from evening until morning that from the night; and organized them they called night; and it came to

8 a Gen. 1:8. 11 a Gen. 1:11 (11–12); D&C 76:71 (70–71); 88:45. 9 a Amos 9:6; Moses 2:11 (11–12). 17 a tg Darkness, Physical. Moses 2:7 (6–9). 12 a Ex. 9:29; 18 a tg Order. b Gen. 1:9. D&C 14:9; 15:2. 21 a Gen. 1:21; 10 a Gen. 1:10; 14 a D&C 88:7 (7–11). Moses 2:21. Abr. 4:22. 16 a Gen. 1:16; 22 a Abr. 4:10. Abraham 4:24–5:5 40 pass that it was from morning until earth, behold, we will give them life, evening that they called day; and it and also we will give to them every was the fifth time. green herb for meat, and all these 24 And the Gods prepared the earth things shall be thus organized. to bring forth the living creature 31 And the Gods said: We will do after his kind, cattle and creeping everything that we have said, and things, and beasts of the earth af- organize them; and behold, they ter their kind; and it was so, as they shall be very obedient. And it came had said. to pass that it was from evening 25 And the Gods organized the earth until morning they called night; to bring forth the beasts after their and it came to pass that it was from kind, and cattle after their kind, and morning until evening that they every thing that creepeth upon the called day; and they numbered the earth after its kind; and the Gods a sixth time. saw they would obey. 26 And the Gods took a counsel Chapter 5 among themselves and said: Let us go down and b form man in our c im- The Gods finish Their planning of the age, after our likeness; and we will creation of all things—They bring to pass give them dominion over the fish of the Creation according to Their plans— the sea, and over the fowl of the air, Adam names every living creature. and over the cattle, and over all the And thus we will finish the heavens earth, and over every creeping thing and the earth, and all the a hosts of that creepeth upon the earth. them. 27 So the a Gods went down to orga- 2 And the Gods said among them- nize man in their own b image, in the selves: On the seventh time we will image of the Gods to form they him, end our work, which we have coun- male and female to form they them. seled; and we will a rest on the b sev- 28 And the Gods said: We will enth time from all our work which bless them. And the Gods said: We we have counseled. will cause them to be fruitful and 3 And the Gods concluded upon multiply, and replenish the earth, the seventh time, because that on the and subdue it, and to have domin- seventh time they would a rest from ion over the fish of the sea, and all their b works which they (the over the fowl of the air, and over Gods) counseled among themselves every living thing that moveth upon to form; and c sanctified it. And thus the earth. were their decisions at the time 29 And the Gods said: Behold, we that they counseled among them- will give them every herb bear- selves to form the heavens and ing seed that shall come upon the the earth. face of all the earth, and every tree 4 And the Gods came down and which shall have fruit upon it; yea, formed these the generations of the fruit of the tree yielding seed to the heavens and of the earth, when them we will give it; it shall be for they were formed in the day that their a meat. the a Gods formed the earth and the 30 And to every beast of the earth, heavens, and to every fowl of the air, and to 5 According to all that which they every thing that creepeth upon the had said concerning every plant of

26 a tg Counsel. Corporeal Nature. 3 a Ex. 20:8 (8–11). b tg Man, Physical 29 a Gen. 1:29 (29–30). b Ex. 31:15 (15–16); Creation of. 31 a Ex. 31:17; Mosiah 13:18 (16–19). c Moses 6:9 (8–10). Mosiah 13:19. c Mosiah 13:19 (16–19); 27 a Gen. 1:26; 5 1 a D&C 38:1; 45:1. D&C 77:12. Abr. 5:7. 2 a tg Rest. 4 a Neh. 9:6. b tg God, Body of, b tg Sabbath. A Facsimile from the Book of Abraham

No. 3

Explanation Fig. 1. Abraham sitting upon Pharaoh’s throne, by the politeness of the king, with a crown upon his head, representing the Priesthood, as emblematical of the grand Presi- dency in Heaven; with the scepter of justice and judgment in his hand. Fig. 2. King Pharaoh, whose name is given in the characters above his head. Fig. 3. Signifies Abraham in Egypt as given also in Figure 10 of Facsimile No. 1. Fig. 4. Prince of Pharaoh, King of Egypt, as written above the hand. Fig. 5. Shulem, one of the king’s principal waiters, as represented by the characters above his hand. Fig. 6. Olimlah, a slave belonging to the prince. Abraham is reasoning upon the principles of Astronomy, in the king’s court. Abraham 5:6–21 42 the field before it was in the a earth, Lord’s a time, which was after the and every herb of the field before it time of b Kolob; for as yet the Gods grew; for the Gods had not caused had not appointed unto Adam his it to rain upon the earth when they reckoning. counseled to do them, and had not 14 And the Gods said: Let us make formed a man to till the ground. an help meet for the man, for it is not 6 But there went up a mist from the good that the man should be alone, earth, and watered the whole face of therefore we will form an help meet the ground. for him. 7 And the a Gods formed man from 15 And the Gods caused a deep sleep the b dust of the ground, and took his to fall upon Adam; and he slept, and c spirit (that is, the man’s spirit), and they took one of his ribs, and closed put it into him; and breathed into his up the flesh in the stead thereof; nostrils the breath of life, and man 16 And of the rib which the Gods became a living d soul. had taken from man, formed they 8 And the Gods planted a garden, a a woman, and brought her unto eastward in a Eden, and there they the man. put the man, whose spirit they 17 And Adam said: This was bone had put into the body which they had of my bones, and a flesh of my flesh; formed. now she shall be called Woman, be- 9 And out of the ground made the cause she was taken out of man; Gods to grow every tree that is pleas- 18 Therefore shall a man leave his ant to the sight and good for food; father and his mother, and shall the a tree of life, also, in the midst of a cleave unto his wife, and they shall the garden, and the tree of knowl- be b one flesh. edge of good and evil. 19 And they were both naked, the 10 There was a river running out man and his wife, and were not of Eden, to water the garden, and a ashamed. from thence it was parted and be- 20 And out of the ground the Gods came into four heads. formed every beast of the field, and 11 And the Gods took the man and every fowl of the air, and brought put him in the Garden of Eden, to them unto Adam to see what he dress it and to keep it. would call them; and whatsoever 12 And the Gods commanded the a Adam called every living creature, man, saying: Of every tree of the gar- that should be the name thereof. den thou mayest freely eat, 21 And Adam gave a names to all 13 But of the tree of knowledge of b cattle, to the fowl of the air, to good and evil, thou shalt not eat of every beast of the field; and for it; for in the time that thou eatest Adam, there was found an c help meet thereof, thou shalt surely die. Now for him. I, Abraham, saw that it was after the

5 a tg Spirit Creation. 8 a tg Eden. b tg Divorce; 7 a Abr. 4:27 (26–31). 9 a 1 Ne. 11:25; Marriage, Celestial. b Moses 4:25 (25–29); 6:59. Moses 4:28, 31. 19 a tg Shame. c Gen. 2:7; 13 a Abr. 3:4, 10. 20 a tg Adam. 2 Ne. 9:26; tg Time. 21 a tg Language. D&C 77:2; 93:33. b Abr. 3:3 (2–4). b Enos 1:21; tg Man, Antemortal 16 a tg Woman. Ether 9:18. Existence of; 17 a Jacob 2:21. c Abr. 5:14. Spirit Body. 18 a D&C 42:22; d tg Soul. 49:15 (15–16).

Joseph Smith—Matthew An extract from the translation of the Bible as revealed to Joseph Smith the Prophet in 1831: Matthew 23:39 and chapter 24.

Jesus foretells the impending destruction saying: Tell us when shall these of Jerusalem—He also discourses on the things be which thou hast said Second Coming of the Son of Man, and concerning the destruction of the the destruction of the wicked. temple, and the Jews; and what is the a sign of thy b coming, and of the a or I say unto you, that ye shall c end of the world, or the destruction not see me henceforth and know of the d wicked, which is the end of Fthat I am he of whom it is writ- the world? ten by the prophets, until ye shall 5 And Jesus answered, and said say: Blessed is he who b cometh in unto them: Take heed that no man the name of the Lord, in the clouds deceive you; of heaven, and all the holy angels 6 For many shall come in my name, with him. Then understood his dis- saying—I am a Christ—and shall de- ciples that he should come again on ceive many; the earth, after that he was glorified 7 Then shall they deliver you up to and c crowned on the right hand be a afflicted, and shall kill you, and of God. ye shall be b hated of all nations, for 2 And Jesus went out, and departed my name’s sake; from the temple; and his disciples 8 And then shall many be a of- came to him, for to a hear him, say- fended, and shall betray one another, ing: Master, show us concerning the and shall hate one another; buildings of the temple, as thou hast 9 And many a false prophets shall said—They shall be thrown down, arise, and shall deceive many; and left unto you desolate. 10 And because iniquity shall 3 And Jesus said unto them: See ye abound, the a love of many shall wax not all these things, and do ye not cold; understand them? Verily I say unto 11 But he that remaineth a steadfast you, there shall not be left here, upon and is not overcome, the same shall this temple, one a stone upon another be saved. that shall not be thrown down. 12 When you, therefore, shall see 4 And Jesus left them, and went the a abomination of b desolation, upon the Mount of Olives. And as spoken of by Daniel the prophet, he sat upon the Mount of Olives, the concerning the destruction of c Jeru disciples came unto him privately, salem, then you shall stand in the

1 1 a Matt. 23:39. tg Last Days. 8 a Ezek. 32:9 (7–9). b Ps. 118:26 (24–26); b tg Jesus Christ, Second tg Offense. Matt. 26:64; Coming. 9 a tg False Prophets. Acts 1:11. c tg World, End of. 10 a D&C 45:27. c tg Jesus Christ, d Mal. 4:1; 11 a 2 Pet. 3:17. Relationships with the D&C 133:64 (64–74). 12 a JS—M 1:32. Father. 6 a Moses 1:19. b tg Abomination of 2 a Matt. 24. tg False Christs. Desolation. 3 a Luke 19:44 (41–44). 7 a 1 Pet. 4:13 (12–16). c tg Jerusalem. 4 a Luke 21:7 (7–36); b tg Hate; D&C 45:16 (16–75). Malice. Joseph Smith—Matthew 1:13–33 44 d holy place; whoso readeth let him you for the a elect’s sake; and you understand. also shall hear of b wars, and rumors 13 Then let them who are in Judea of wars; see that ye be not troubled, flee into the a mountains; for all I have told you must come to 14 Let him who is on the housetop pass; but the end is not yet. flee, and not return to take anything 24 Behold, I have told you before; out of his house; 25 Wherefore, if they shall say unto 15 Neither let him who is in the you: Behold, he is in the desert; go field return back to take his clothes; not forth: Behold, he is in the secret 16 And wo unto them that are with chambers; believe it not; a child, and unto them that give suck 26 For as the light of the morning in those days; cometh out of the a east, and shineth 17 Therefore, pray ye the Lord that even unto the west, and covereth the your flight be not in the winter, nei- whole earth, so shall also the coming ther on the Sabbath day; of the Son of Man be. 18 For then, in those days, shall be 27 And now I show unto you a para- great a tribulation on the b Jews, and ble. Behold, wheresoever the a carcass upon the inhabitants of c Jerusalem, is, there will the eagles be b gathered such as was not before sent upon together; so likewise shall mine elect Israel, of God, since the beginning of be gathered from the four quarters their kingdom until this time; no, nor of the earth. ever shall be sent again upon Israel. 28 And they shall hear of wars, and 19 All things which have befallen rumors of wars. them are only the beginning of the 29 Behold I speak for mine elect’s sorrows which shall come upon them. sake; for nation shall rise against 20 And except those days should be nation, and kingdom against king- shortened, there should none of their dom; there shall be a famines, and flesh be a saved; but for the elect’s pestilences, and earthquakes, in di sake, according to the b covenant, vers places. those days shall be shortened. 30 And again, because iniquity 21 Behold, these things I have spo- shall abound, the love of men shall ken unto you concerning the Jews; wax a cold; but he that shall not be and again, after the tribulation of overcome, the same shall be saved. those days which shall come upon 31 And again, this a Gospel of the Jerusalem, if any man shall say unto Kingdom shall be preached in all the you, Lo, here is Christ, or there, be- world, for a witness unto all b nations, lieve him not; and then shall the end come, or the 22 For in those days there shall also destruction of the wicked; arise false a Christs, and false proph- 32 And again shall the a abomination ets, and shall show great signs and of desolation, spoken of by Daniel wonders, insomuch, that, if possible, the prophet, be fulfilled. they shall deceive the very elect, 33 And immediately after the who are the elect according to the tribulation of those days, the a sun covenant. shall be b darkened, and the moon 23 Behold, I speak these things unto shall not give her light, and the

12 d D&C 101:22 (22–25). 3 Ne. 21:22–24. D&C 43:25 (24–25); 13 a D&C 133:13 (9–13). 22 a tg False Christs. 87:6 (1–8). 16 a Luke 23:29 (29–31). 23 a D&C 29:7 (7–23). 30 a Isa. 9:19; 18 a Dan. 12:1; b D&C 45:26 (18–59). Mosiah 9:2. JS—M 1:36. 26 a Ezek. 43:2 (1–9). 31 a Matt. 9:35; b tg Israel, Judah, 27 a Deut. 28:26. D&C 84:80 (79–80). People of. b Ps. 74:1 (1–2); b tg Nations. c Zech. 12:3 (1–14); Matt. 24:28; 32 a JS—M 1:12. 14:2 (1–5). 1 Ne. 19:16 (15–16); 33 a Joel 2:10; 20 a D&C 97:25 (21–28). D&C 35:25. D&C 29:14. b 2 Ne. 30:2; 29 a Joel 1:10; b Amos 5:18. 45 Joseph Smith—Matthew 1:34–53 c stars shall fall from heaven, and the the a flood; for until the day that Noah powers of heaven shall be shaken. entered into the ark they were eating 34 Verily, I say unto you, this a gen- and drinking, marrying and giving eration, in which these things shall in marriage; be shown forth, shall not pass away 43 And a knew not until the flood until all I have told you shall be came, and took them all away; so fulfilled. shall also the coming of the Son of 35 Although, the days will come, Man be. that heaven and earth shall pass 44 Then shall be fulfilled that which away; yet my a words shall not pass is written, that in the a last days, two away, but all shall be fulfilled. shall be in the field, the one shall be 36 And, as I said before, after the taken, and the other b left; a tribulation of those days, and the 45 Two shall be grinding at the powers of the heavens shall be shaken, mill, the one shall be taken, and the then shall appear the sign of the Son other left; of Man in heaven, and then shall all 46 And what I say unto one, I say the tribes of the earth b mourn; and unto all men; a watch, therefore, for they shall see the c Son of Man d com you know not at what hour your Lord ing in the clouds of heaven, with doth come. power and great glory; 47 But know this, if the good man 37 And whoso a treasureth up my of the house had known in what word, shall not be deceived, for the watch the thief would come, he Son of Man shall b come, and he shall would have watched, and would send his c angels before him with not have suffered his house to have the great sound of a trumpet, and been broken up, but would have they shall gather together the d re- been ready. mainder of his elect from the four 48 Therefore be ye also a ready, for winds, from one end of heaven to in such an hour as ye think not, the the other. Son of Man cometh. 38 Now learn a parable of the a fig 49 Who, then, is a a faithful and wise tree—When its branches are yet servant, whom his lord hath made tender, and it begins to put forth ruler over his household, to give them leaves, you know that summer is meat in due season? nigh at hand; 50 Blessed is that a servant whom 39 So likewise, mine elect, when his lord, when he cometh, shall find they shall see all these things, they so doing; and verily I say unto you, shall know that he is near, even at he shall make him ruler over all his the doors; goods. 40 But of that day, and hour, no 51 But if that evil servant shall say one a knoweth; no, not the angels of in his heart: My lord a delayeth his God in heaven, but my Father only. coming, 41 But as it was in the days of a Noah, 52 And shall begin to smite his so it shall be also at the coming of fellow-servants, and to eat and drink the Son of Man; with the drunken, 42 For it shall be with them, as it 53 The lord of that servant shall was in the days which were before come in a day when he looketh not

33 c Ezek. 32:7 (7–9). Study; 42 a tg Flood. 34 a Matt. 24:34; Treasure. 43 a tg Apathy. D&C 45:31. b tg Jesus Christ, Second 44 a tg Earth, Cleansing of. 35 a D&C 1:38; 29:33. Coming. b Zech. 13:8. 36 a JS—M 1:18. c D&C 29:11 (11–15); 46 a tg Watch. tg Tribulation. Moses 7:25 (25–26). 48 a tg Procrastination. b tg Mourning. d tg Israel, Remnant of. 49 a tg Trustworthiness. c tg Millennium. 38 a D&C 35:16. 50 a tg Millennium, d Matt. 25:31. 40 a D&C 39:21 (20–22); 49:7. Preparing a People for. 37 a tg Scriptures, Study of; 41 a Gen. 6:5. 51 a D&C 45:26. Joseph Smith—Matthew 1:54–55 46 for him, and in an hour that he is 55 And thus cometh the a end of the not aware of, wicked, according to the prophecy 54 And shall cut him asunder, and of Moses, saying: They shall be cut shall appoint him his portion with off from among the people; but the the hypocrites; there shall be weep- end of the earth is not yet, but by ing and a gnashing of teeth. and by.

54 a Matt. 8:12. 73:17 (3–17); D&C 1:9 (9–10); 29:17. 55 a Ps. 36:11–12; 2 Ne. 30:10; tg World, End of.

Joseph Smith—History Extracts from the History of Joseph Smith, the Prophet

Joseph Smith tells of his ancestry, family . . . My father, b Joseph Smith, Sen., members, and their early abodes—An un left the State of Vermont, and moved usual excitement about religion prevails to Palmyra, Ontario (now Wayne) in western New York—He determines to county, in the State of New York, seek wisdom as directed by James—The when I was in my tenth year, or there- Father and the Son appear, and Joseph is abouts. In about four years after my called to his prophetic ministry. (Verses father’s arrival in Palmyra, he moved 1–20.) with his family into Manchester in the same county of Ontario— wing to the many reports 4 His family consisting of eleven which have been put in cir- souls, namely, my father, Joseph O culation by evil-disposed and Smith; my a mother, Lucy Smith designing persons, in relation to the (whose name, previous to her mar- rise and progress of a The Church of riage, was Mack, daughter of Solomon Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, all Mack); my brothers, b Alvin (who died of which have been designed by the November 19th, 1823, in the 26th year authors thereof to militate against its of his age), c Hyrum, myself, d Samuel character as a Church and its progress Harrison, William, Don Carlos; and in the world—I have been induced my sisters, Sophronia, Catherine, to write this history, to disabuse the and Lucy. public mind, and put all inquirers 5 Some time in the second year af- after truth in possession of the b facts, ter our removal to Manchester, there as they have transpired, in relation was in the place where we lived an both to myself and the Church, unusual excitement on the subject so far as I have such facts in my of religion. It commenced with the possession. Methodists, but soon became gen- 2 In this history I shall present the eral among all the sects in that re- various events in relation to this gion of country. Indeed, the whole Church, in truth and righteousness, district of country seemed affected as they have transpired, or as they at by it, and great multitudes united present exist, being now [1838] the themselves to the different religious a eighth b year since the organization parties, which created no small stir of the said Church. and division amongst the people, 3 a I was born in the year of our some crying, a “Lo, here!” and oth- Lord one thousand eight hundred ers, “Lo, there!” Some were contend- and five, on the twenty-third day ing for the Methodist faith, some of December, in the town of Sharon, for the Presbyterian, and some for Windsor county, State of Vermont. the Baptist.

1 1 a tg Restoration of the 3 a tg Joseph Smith. c D&C 11:23 (1–30); Gospel. b 2 Ne. 3:15. 135:1 (1–4). b Luke 1:4 (1–4). 4 a JS—H 1:20 (7, 20). d D&C 23:4 (3–5). 2 a JS—H 1:60. b D&C 137:5 (5–6); 5 a Matt. 24:23. b D&C 20:1. JS—H 1:56. Joseph Smith—History 1:6–13 48

6 For, notwithstanding the great excited, the cry and tumult were so a love which the converts to these dif- great and incessant. The Presbyteri ferent faiths expressed at the time of ans were most decided against the their conversion, and the great zeal Baptists and Methodists, and used manifested by the respective clergy, all the powers of both reason and who were active in getting up and sophistry to prove their errors, or, promoting this extraordinary scene at least, to make the people think of religious feeling, in order to have they were in error. On the other everybody converted, as they were hand, the Baptists and Methodists pleased to call it, let them join what in their turn were equally zealous sect they pleased; yet when the con- in endeavoring to establish their verts began to file off, some to one own tenets and disprove all others. party and some to another, it was 10 In the midst of this war of words seen that the seemingly good feelings and tumult of opinions, I often said of both the priests and the converts to myself: What is to be done? Who were more b pretended than real; for of all these parties are right; or, are a scene of great confusion and bad they all wrong together? If any one feeling ensued—priest contending of them be a right, which is it, and against priest, and convert against how shall I know it? convert; so that all their good feel- 11 While I was laboring under ings one for another, if they ever the extreme difficulties caused by had any, were entirely lost in a the contests of these parties of reli- strife of words and a contest about gionists, I was one day reading the opinions. a Epistle of James, first chapter and 7 I was at this time in my fifteenth fifth verse, which reads: If any of you year. My father’s family was prose- lack b wisdom, let him ask of God, that lyted to the Presbyterian faith, and giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth four of them joined that church, not; and it shall be given him. namely, my mother, Lucy; my broth- 12 Never did any passage of a scrip- ers Hyrum and Samuel Harrison; and ture come with more power to the my sister Sophronia. heart of man than this did at this 8 During this time of great excite- time to mine. It seemed to enter with ment my mind was called up to seri- great force into every feeling of my ous reflection and great uneasiness; heart. I reflected on it again and but though my feelings were deep again, knowing that if any person and often poignant, still I kept myself needed b wisdom from God, I did; for aloof from all these parties, though how to act I did not know, and un- I attended their several meetings as less I could get more wisdom than I often as occasion would permit. In then had, I would never know; for the process of time my mind became teachers of religion of the different somewhat partial to the Methodist sects c understood the same passages sect, and I felt some desire to be of scripture so differently as to de- united with them; but so great were stroy all confidence in settling the the confusion and a strife among the question by an appeal to the Bible. different denominations, that it was 13 At length I came to the con- impossible for a person young as I clusion that I must either remain was, and so unacquainted with men in a darkness and confusion, or else and things, to come to any certain I must do as James directs, that is, conclusion who was b right and who ask of God. I at length came to the was wrong. determination to “ask of God,” con- 9 My mind at times was greatly cluding that if he gave wisdom to

6 a 1 Pet. 1:22. 10 a tg Truth. 12 a D&C 138:6. b tg Guile; Hypocrisy. 11 a James 1:5 (1–7). b tg Guidance, Divine. 8 a tg Strife. b 1 Kgs. 3:12; 2 Ne. 28:15; c 1 Cor. 2:11 (10–16). b D&C 101:95 (93–95). Jacob 6:12. 13 a Micah 7:8. 49 Joseph Smith—History 1:14–19 them that lacked wisdom, and would at this moment of great alarm, I saw b give liberally, and not upbraid, I a pillar of c light exactly over my might venture. head, above the brightness of the 14 So, in accordance with this, my d sun, which descended gradually determination to ask of God, I retired until it fell upon me. to the a woods to make the attempt. 17 It no sooner appeared than I It was on the morning of a b beauti- found myself a delivered from the ful, clear day, early in the spring of enemy which held me bound. When eighteen hundred and twenty. It was the light rested upon me I b saw two the first time in my life that I had c Personages, whose brightness and made such an attempt, for amidst d glory defy all description, e stand- all my anxieties I had never as yet ing above me in the air. One of them made the attempt to c pray d vocally. spake unto me, calling me by name 15 After I had retired to the place and said, pointing to the other—This where I had previously designed to is My f Beloved g Son. Hear Him! go, having looked around me, and 18 My object in going to a inquire of finding myself alone, I kneeled down the Lord was to know which of all and began to offer up the desires of the sects was right, that I might know my heart to God. I had scarcely done which to join. No sooner, therefore, so, when immediately I was a seized did I get possession of myself, so as upon by some power which entirely to be able to speak, than I asked the overcame me, and had such an aston- Personages who stood above me in ishing influence over me as to bind the light, which of all the sects was my tongue so that I could not speak. right (for at this time it had never Thick b darkness gathered around me, entered into my heart that all were and it seemed to me for a time as if I wrong)—and which I should join. were doomed to sudden destruction. 19 I was answered that I must join 16 But, exerting all my powers to none of them, for they were all a call upon God to deliver me out of a wrong; and the Personage who ad- the power of this enemy which had dressed me said that all their creeds seized upon me, and at the very were an abomination in his sight; that moment when I was ready to sink those b professors were all c corrupt; into b despair and abandon myself that: “they d draw near to me with to destruction—not to an imaginary their lips, but their e hearts are far ruin, but to the power of some actual from me, they teach for doctrines being from the unseen world, who the f commandments of men, having had such marvelous power as I had a form of godliness, but they deny never before felt in any being—just the g power thereof.”

13 b tg Communication. tg God, Manifestations D&C 6:11; 46:7. 14 a Matt. 14:23. of; Godhead; God the 19 a tg Apostasy of the b tg Beauty. Father, Elohim; Jesus Early Christian Church. c tg Prayer. Christ, Appearances, b Jude 1:4. d Ps. 77:1. Postmortal; tg False Prophets. 15 a Eph. 6:12 (11–18). Restoration of the c tg False Doctrine. b Gen. 15:12 (1–21). Gospel; d Isa. 29:13; tg Darkness, Physical. Revelation. Ezek. 33:31 (30–33); 16 a Moses 1:20. d tg Jesus Christ, Luke 6:46. b Isa. 6:5 (1–7). Glory of. e Jer. 3:10. tg Despair. e 1 Sam. 3:10. tg Apostasy of c Acts 26:13. f Matt. 3:17; 17:5; Individuals; d Rev. 1:16. 3 Ne. 11:7. Hardheartedness; 17 a tg Deliver. tg Witness of the Hypocrisy. b tg God, Privilege of Father. f Col. 2:22 (18–22); Seeing; Vision. g tg Jesus Christ, Divine Titus 1:14; c Jer. 10:10; Sonship. D&C 3:6 (6–7); 45:29; 1 Jn. 4:12 (7–21); 18 a Ex. 18:15; 1 Sam. 9:9; 46:7. JS—H 1:25. Alma 27:10 (7, 10); g 2 Tim. 3:5. Joseph Smith—History 1:20–24 50

20 He again forbade me to join with there would never be any more of any of them; and many other things them. did he say unto me, which I cannot 22 I soon found, however, that my write at this time. When I came to telling the story had excited a great myself again, I found myself a lying deal of prejudice against me among on my back, looking up into heaven. professors of religion, and was the When the light had departed, I had cause of great a persecution, which no strength; but soon recovering in continued to increase; and though I some degree, I went home. And as I was an b obscure boy, only between leaned up to the fireplace, b mother fourteen and fifteen years of age, inquired what the matter was. I re- and my circumstances in life such as plied, “Never mind, all is well—I am to make a boy of no consequence in well enough off.” I then said to my the world, yet men of high standing mother, “I have learned for myself would take notice sufficient to ex- that Presbyterianism is not true.” It cite the public mind against me, and seems as though the c adversary was create a bitter persecution; and this aware, at a very early period of my was common among all the sects— life, that I was destined to prove a all united to persecute me. disturber and an annoyer of his 23 It caused me serious reflection kingdom; else why should the pow- then, and often has since, how very ers of darkness combine against me? strange it was that an obscure a boy, Why the d opposition and persecution of a little over fourteen years of age, that arose against me, almost in my and one, too, who was doomed to the infancy ? necessity of obtaining a scanty maintenance by his daily b labor, should Some preachers and other professors of be thought a character of sufficient religion reject the account of the First importance to attract the attention Vision—Persecution is heaped upon of the great ones of the most popular Joseph Smith—He testifies of the real sects of the day, and in a manner to ity of the vision. (Verses 21–26.) create in them a spirit of the most bitter c persecution and d reviling. 21 Some few days after I had this But strange or not, so it was, and it vision, I happened to be in company was often the cause of great sorrow with one of the Methodist preachers, to myself. who was very active in the before 24 However, it was nevertheless a mentioned religious excitement; and, fact that I had beheld a a vision. I conversing with him on the subject have thought since, that I felt much of religion, I took occasion to give like Paul, when he made his defense him an account of the vision which before King Agrippa, and related I had had. I was greatly surprised at the account of the vision he had his behavior; he treated my commu- when he saw a light, and heard a nication not only lightly, but with voice; but still there were but few great contempt, saying it was all of who believed him; some said he was the devil, that there were no such dishonest, others said he was b mad; things as a visions or b revelations in and he was ridiculed and reviled. these days; that all such things had But all this did not destroy the re- ceased with the apostles, and that ality of his vision. He had seen a

20 a Dan. 10:9; 1 Ne. 1:7; 21 a 1 Sam. 3:1. Acts 5:38 (38–39). Moses 1:9. b tg Revelation. b tg Industry. b JS—H 1:4. 22 a James 5:10 (10–11); c Jer. 1:19 (6–19). tg Family, Love within. Mosiah 17:13 (10–20); tg Malice; Persecution. c tg Devil. Alma 14:26 (20–27). d tg Reviling. d Jer. 11:19; b 1 Sam. 17:33 (32–51); 24 a Ezek. 1:1; 1 Ne. 1:16. Matt. 10:22; 1 Chr. 29:1. tg Vision. Moses 6:31 (31–37). 23 a Amos 7:14 (14–15); b Acts 26:24 (1–32). 51 Joseph Smith—History 1:25–29 vision, he knew he had, and all the Moroni continues to instruct the c persecution under heaven could not Prophet. (Verses 27–54.) make it otherwise; and though they should persecute him unto death, 27 I continued to pursue my com- yet he knew, and would know to his mon vocations in life until the latest breath, that he had both seen twenty-first of September, one thou- a light and heard a voice speaking sand eight hundred and twenty- unto him, and all the world could three, all the time suffering severe not make him think or believe persecution at the hands of all otherwise. classes of men, both religious and 25 So it was with me. I had actu- irreligious, because I continued to ally seen a light, and in the midst of a affirm that I had seen a vision. that light I saw two a Personages, and 28 During the space of time which they did in reality speak to me; and intervened between the time I had though I was b hated and c persecuted the vision and the year eighteen for saying that I had seen a vision, hundred and twenty-three—having yet it was true; and while they were been forbidden to join any of the persecuting me, reviling me, and religious sects of the day, and being speaking all manner of evil against of very tender years, and persecuted me d falsely for so saying, I was led to by those who ought to have been say in my heart: Why persecute me my a friends and to have treated me for telling the truth? I have actually kindly, and if they supposed me to seen a vision; and who am I that I be deluded to have endeavored in can withstand God, or why does the a proper and affectionate manner world think to make me deny what to have reclaimed me—I was left I have actually seen? For I had seen to all kinds of b temptations; and, a vision; I knew it, and I knew that mingling with all kinds of society, God knew it, and I could not e deny it, I frequently fell into many foolish neither dared I do it; at least I knew c errors, and displayed the weakness that by so doing I would offend God, of youth, and the foibles of human and come under condemnation. nature; which, I am sorry to say, led 26 I had now got my mind satisfied me into divers temptations, offen- so far as the sectarian world was con- sive in the sight of God. In making cerned—that it was not my duty to this confession, no one need suppose join with any of them, but to con- me guilty of any great or malignant tinue as I was until further a directed. sins. A disposition to commit such I had found the testimony of James was never in my nature. But I was to be true—that a man who lacked guilty of d levity, and sometimes asso- wisdom might ask of God, and ob- ciated with jovial company, etc., not tain, and not be b upbraided. consistent with that character which ought to be maintained by one who Moroni appears to Joseph Smith— was e called of God as I had been. But Joseph’s name is to be known for good this will not seem very strange to any and evil among all nations—Moroni one who recollects my youth, and is tells him of the Book of Mormon and of acquainted with my native f cheery the coming judgments of the Lord and temperament. quotes many scriptures—The hiding 29 In consequence of these things, place of the gold plates is revealed— I often felt condemned for my

24 c 1 Thes. 3:3. Integrity. b tg Temptation. 25 a JS—H 1:17. 26 a JS—H 1:33 (33–50). c Ps. 25:7; b tg Hate. b Ps. 20:6; D&C 20:5. c tg Adversity. James 1:5. d tg Levity. d tg Injustice. 27 a 2 Cor. 1:12. e tg Called of God. e tg Courage; Honesty; 28 a tg Friendship. f tg Cheerful. Joseph Smith—History 1:30–37 52 weakness and imperfections; when, When I first looked upon him, I was on the evening of the above- c afraid; but the d fear soon left me. mentioned twenty-first of September, 33 He called me by a name, and said after I had retired to my bed for the unto me that he was a b messenger sent night, I betook myself to a prayer and from the presence of God to me, and supplication to Almighty God for that his name was Moroni; that God forgiveness of all my sins and fol- had a work for me to do; and that lies, and also for a manifestation to my name should be had for c good me, that I might know of my state and evil among all nations, kindreds, and standing before him; for I had and tongues, or that it should be full b confidence in obtaining a di- both good and evil spoken of among vine manifestation, as I previously all people. had one. 34 He said there was a a book de- 30 While I was thus in the act of posited, written upon gold plates, calling upon God, I discovered a giving an account of the former in- a light appearing in my room, which habitants of this continent, and the continued to increase until the room source from whence they sprang. He was lighter than at noonday, when also said that the b fulness of the ever- immediately a b personage appeared lasting Gospel was contained in it, as at my bedside, standing in the air, delivered by the Savior to the ancient for his feet did not touch the floor. inhabitants; 31 He had on a loose robe of most 35 Also, that there were two stones exquisite a whiteness. It was a white- in silver bows—and these stones, ness beyond anything earthly I had fastened to a a breastplate, consti- ever seen; nor do I believe that any tuted what is called the b Urim and earthly thing could be made to ap- Thummim—deposited with the pear so exceedingly white and bril- plates; and the possession and use of liant. His hands were naked, and his these stones were what constituted arms also, a little above the wrist; so, c “seers” in ancient or former times; also, were his feet naked, as were and that God had prepared them for his legs, a little above the ankles. the purpose of translating the book. His head and neck were also bare. I 36 After telling me these things, he could discover that he had no other commenced quoting the prophecies clothing on but this robe, as it was of the Old Testament. He first quoted open, so that I could see into his part of the a third chapter of Malachi; bosom. and he quoted also the fourth or last 32 Not only was his robe exceed- chapter of the same prophecy, though ingly white, but his whole person with a little variation from the way it was a glorious beyond description, reads in our Bibles. Instead of quot- and his countenance truly like ing the first verse as it reads in our b lightning. The room was exceed- books, he quoted it thus: ingly light, but not so very bright 37 For behold, the a day cometh that as immediately around his person. shall b burn as an oven, and all the

29 a tg Prayer. d Dan. 10:12; 35 a Ex. 25:7; b James 1:6 (5–7). Hel. 5:26; Lev. 8:8 (7–9). 30 a 1 Ne. 1:6. D&C 68:6; 98:1. b Ex. 28:30. b tg Angels. 33 a Ex. 33:12 (12, 17); tg Urim and 31 a Acts 10:30 (30–33); Isa. 45:3 (3–4). Thummim. 1 Ne. 8:5; b JS—H 1:26. c 1 Sam. 9:9. 3 Ne. 11:8. c Isa. 5:20. 36 a Mal. 3–4. 32 a tg Glory. 34 a tg Book of Mormon; 37 a tg Day of the Lord. b Ex. 34:29 (29–35); Scriptures, b Isa. 9:5 (5, 18–19); Hel. 5:36; Preservation of. 3 Ne. 25; D&C 110:3. b Rom. 15:29. D&C 64:23 (23–24). c Ex. 3:6; tg Restoration of the tg Earth, Cleansing of; Ether 3:6 (6–8, 19). Gospel. World, End of. 53 Joseph Smith—History 1:38–45 proud, yea, and all that do wickedly I should not show them to any per- shall burn as c stubble; for they that son; neither the breastplate with the come shall burn them, saith the Lord of Urim and Thummim; only to those Hosts, that it shall leave them neither root to whom I should be commanded nor branch. to show them; if I did I should be 38 And again, he quoted the fifth a destroyed. While he was convers- verse thus: Behold, I will reveal unto ing with me about the plates, the vi- you the a Priesthood, by the hand of sion was opened to my b mind that I b Elijah the prophet, before the coming of could see the place where the plates the great and dreadful day of the c Lord. were deposited, and that so clearly 39 He also quoted the next verse and distinctly that I knew the place differently: And he shall plant in the again when I visited it. hearts of the a children the b promises 43 After this communication, I saw made to the fathers, and the hearts of the light in the room begin to gather the children shall turn to their fathers. immediately around the person of If it were not so, the whole earth would him who had been speaking to me, be utterly wasted at his coming. and it continued to do so until the 40 In addition to these, he quoted room was again left dark, except the a eleventh chapter of Isaiah, say- just around him; when, instantly I ing that it was about to be fulfilled. saw, as it were, a conduit open right He quoted also the third chapter of up into heaven, and he a ascended Acts, twenty-second and twenty- till he entirely disappeared, and the third verses, precisely as they stand room was left as it had been before in our New Testament. He said that this heavenly light had made its that b prophet was Christ; but the day appearance. had not yet come when “they who 44 I lay musing on the singularity would not hear his voice should be of the scene, and marveling greatly c cut off from among the people,” but at what had been told to me by this soon would come. extraordinary messenger; when, in 41 He also quoted the a second chap- the midst of my a meditation, I sud- ter of Joel, from the twenty-eighth denly discovered that my room was verse to the last. He also said that this again beginning to get lighted, and was not yet fulfilled, but was soon in an instant, as it were, the same to be. And he further stated that the heavenly messenger was again by fulness of the b Gentiles was soon to my bedside. come in. He quoted many other pas- 45 He commenced, and a again re- sages of scripture, and offered many lated the very same things which explanations which c cannot be men- he had done at his first visit, with- tioned here. out the least variation; which hav- 42 Again, he told me, that when I ing done, he informed me of great got those plates of which he had spo- b judgments which were coming upon ken—for the time that they should the earth, with great desolations by be obtained was not yet fulfilled— c famine, d sword, and pestilence; and

37 c Ex. 15:7 (7–8); Salvation for the Dead. 42 a JS—H 1:59. Nahum 1:10; b Gal. 3:5, 8, 18, 29. b tg Mind. 1 Ne. 22:23 (15, 23); 40 a Isa. 11:10 (1–16). 43 a Acts 1:9. 2 Ne. 26:6 (4–6); b Deut. 18:15 (15–19); 44 a D&C 76:19. D&C 29:9. Acts 3:22 (22–23); 7:37. tg Meditation. 38 a tg Priesthood; c 3 Ne. 20:23; 21:20. 45 a Ezek. 2:3 (1–10); Priesthood, Keys of. 41 a Joel 2:28 (28–32); 3:4 (1–27). b Mal. 4:5 (5–6); Acts 2:16 (16–21). b tg Judgment. D&C 27:9; 110:13–16; b Isa. 42:6; c tg Famine. 138:46. Rom. 11:25 (11–27); d Deut. 32:25; c tg Millennium. D&C 88:84 (84–85). 1 Ne. 1:13; 39 a tg Genealogy and tg Gentiles. Alma 10:22. Temple Work; c 2 Cor. 12:4. Joseph Smith—History 1:46–52 54 that these grievous judgments would fence out of the field where we were, come on the earth in this generation. my strength entirely failed me, and Having related these things, he again I b fell helpless on the ground, and ascended as he had done before. for a time was quite unconscious of 46 By this time, so deep were the anything. impressions made on my mind, that 49 The first thing that I can recol- sleep had fled from my eyes, and I lect was a voice speaking unto me, lay overwhelmed in a astonishment at calling me by name. I looked up, and what I had both seen and heard. But beheld the same messenger standing what was my surprise when again I over my head, surrounded by light beheld the same messenger at my as before. He then again related unto bedside, and heard him rehearse or me all that he had related to me the repeat over again to me the same previous night, and commanded me things as before; and added a caution to go to my a father and tell him of to me, telling me that Satan would the vision and commandments which try to b tempt me (in consequence of I had received. the indigent circumstances of my 50 I obeyed; I returned to my a father father’s family), to get the plates for in the field, and rehearsed the whole the purpose of getting c rich. This matter to him. He b replied to me that he forbade me, saying that I must it was of God, and told me to go and have no other object in view in get- do as commanded by the messenger. ting the plates but to glorify God, I left the field, and went to the place and must not be influenced by any where the messenger had told me the other d motive than that of building plates were deposited; and owing to his kingdom; otherwise I could not the distinctness of the vision which get them. I had had concerning it, I knew the 47 After this third visit, he again place the instant that I arrived there. ascended into heaven as before, 51 Convenient to the village of and I was again left to a ponder on Manchester, Ontario county, New the strangeness of what I had just York, stands a a hill of considerable experienced; when almost immedi- size, and the most elevated of any in ately after the heavenly messenger the neighborhood. On the west side had ascended from me for the third of this hill, not far from the top, un- time, the cock crowed, and I found der a stone of considerable size, lay that day was approaching, so that the plates, deposited in a stone box. our interviews must have occupied This stone was thick and rounding the whole of that night. in the middle on the upper side, and 48 I shortly after arose from my bed, thinner towards the edges, so that the and, as usual, went to the necessary middle part of it was visible above labors of the day; but, in attempting the ground, but the edge all around to work as at other times, I found my was covered with earth. a strength so exhausted as to render 52 Having removed the earth, I me entirely unable. My father, who obtained a lever, which I got fixed was laboring along with me, discov- under the edge of the stone, and ered something to be wrong with me, with a little exertion raised it up. and told me to go home. I started I looked in, and there indeed did I with the intention of going to the behold the a plates, the b Urim and house; but, in attempting to cross the Thummim, and the breastplate, as

46 a Dan. 8:27. 48 a tg Strength. 51 a D&C 128:20. b tg Temptation. b Acts 9:4 (4–8). 52 a Morm. 6:6; c tg Sacrilege. 49 a tg Family, Love within. Ether 4:5 (4–7); d Luke 11:34 (34–36); 50 a tg Honoring Father and D&C 17:1. D&C 121:37. Mother. b tg Urim and 47 a tg Meditation. b tg Counsel. Thummim. 55 Joseph Smith—History 1:53–59 stated by the messenger. The box I hired with an old gentleman by the in which they lay was formed by name of Josiah Stoal, who lived in laying stones together in some kind Chenango county, State of New York. of cement. In the bottom of the box He had heard something of a silver were laid two stones crossways of mine having been opened by the the box, and on these stones lay Spaniards in Harmony, Susquehanna the plates and the other things county, State of Pennsylvania; and with them. had, previous to my hiring to him, 53 I made an attempt to take them been digging, in order, if possible, out, but was forbidden by the mes- to discover the mine. After I went to senger, and was again informed that live with him, he took me, with the the time for bringing them forth had rest of his hands, to dig for the silver not yet arrived, neither would it, un- mine, at which I continued to work til four years from that time; but he for nearly a month, without success told me that I should come to that in our undertaking, and finally I pre- place precisely in one year from that vailed with the old gentleman to cease time, and that he would there meet digging after it. Hence arose the very with me, and that I should continue prevalent story of my having been a to do so until the time should come money-digger. for obtaining the plates. 57 During the time that I was thus 54 Accordingly, as I had been com- employed, I was put to board with manded, I went at the end of each a Mr. Isaac Hale, of that place; it year, and at each time I found the was there I first saw my wife (his same messenger there, and received daughter), Emma Hale. On the 18th instruction and intelligence from of January, 1827, we were married, him at each of our interviews, re- while I was yet employed in the ser- specting what the Lord was going vice of Mr. Stoal. to do, and how and in what manner 58 Owing to my continuing to as- his a kingdom was to be conducted sert that I had seen a vision, a per- in the last days. secution still followed me, and my wife’s father’s family were very Joseph Smith marries Emma Hale—He much opposed to our being mar- receives the gold plates from Moroni and translates some of the characters— ried. I was, therefore, under the ne- Martin Harris shows the characters and cessity of taking her elsewhere; so translation to Professor Anthon, who we went and were married at the says, “I cannot read a sealed book.” house of Squire Tarbill, in South (Verses 55–65.) Bainbridge, Chenango county, New York. Immediately after my mar- 55 As my father’s worldly circum- riage, I left Mr. Stoal’s, and went to stances were very limited, we were my father’s, and b farmed with him under the necessity of a laboring that season. with our hands, hiring out by day’s 59 At length the time arrived for work and otherwise, as we could get obtaining the plates, the Urim and opportunity. Sometimes we were at Thummim, and the breastplate. On home, and sometimes abroad, and the twenty-second day of September, by continuous b labor were enabled one thousand eight hundred and to get a comfortable maintenance. twenty-seven, having gone as usual 56 In the year 1823 my father’s at the end of another year to the family met with a great a affliction place where they were deposited, by the death of my eldest brother, the same heavenly messenger de- b Alvin. In the month of October, 1825, livered them up to a me with this

54 a tg Kingdom of God, on 56 a tg Affliction. b tg Industry. Earth. b JS—H 1:4. 59 a Isa. 29:12. 55 a tg Industry. 58 a tg Hate; b tg Work, Value of. Persecution. Joseph Smith—History 1:60–64 56 charge: that I should be b responsible ever be otherwise—in the midst of for them; that if I should let them go our afflictions we found a friend in carelessly, or through any c neglect of a gentleman by the name of b Martin mine, I should be cut off; but that if Harris, who came to us and gave I would use all my endeavors to d pre- me fifty dollars to assist us on our serve them, until he, the messenger, journey. Mr. Harris was a resident of should call for them, they should be Palmyra township, Wayne county, in protected. the State of New York, and a farmer 60 I soon found out the reason why of respectability. I had received such strict charges to 62 By this timely aid was I enabled keep them safe, and why it was that to reach the place of my destination the messenger had said that when I in Pennsylvania; and immediately had done what was required at my after my arrival there I commenced hand, he would call for them. For copying the characters off the plates. no sooner was it known that I had I copied a considerable number of them, than the most strenuous ex- them, and by means of the a Urim ertions were used to a get them from and Thummim I translated some of me. Every stratagem that could be them, which I did between the time invented was resorted to for that I arrived at the house of my wife’s purpose. The persecution became father, in the month of December, more bitter and severe than be- and the February following. fore, and multitudes were on the 63 Sometime in this month of alert continually to get them from February, the aforementioned me if possible. But by the wisdom Mr. Martin Harris came to our place, of God, they remained safe in my got the characters which I had drawn hands, until I had accomplished by off the plates, and started with them them what was required at my hand. to the city of New York. For what When, according to arrangements, took place relative to him and the the messenger called for them, I characters, I refer to his own account delivered them up to him; and he of the circumstances, as he related has them in his charge until this them to me after his return, which b day, being the second day of May, was as follows: one thousand eight hundred and 64 “I went to the city of New York, thirty-eight. and presented the characters which 61 The excitement, however, still had been translated, with the trans- continued, and rumor with her lation thereof, to Professor Charles thousand tongues was all the time Anthon, a gentleman celebrated for employed in circulating a false- his literary attainments. Professor hoods about my father’s family, and Anthon stated that the translation about myself. If I were to relate a was correct, more so than any he thousandth part of them, it would had before seen translated from the fill up volumes. The persecution, Egyptian. I then showed him those however, became so intolerable that which were not yet translated, and I was under the necessity of leaving he said that they were Egyptian, Manchester, and going with my wife Chaldaic, Assyriac, and Arabic; and to Susquehanna county, in the State he said they were true characters. He of Pennsylvania. While preparing to gave me a certificate, certifying to the start—being very poor, and the per- people of Palmyra that they were true secution so heavy upon us that there characters, and that the translation of was no probability that we would such of them as had been translated

59 b tg Dependability; Preservation of. b D&C 5:1 (1–32). Trustworthiness. 60 a tg Stealing. 62 a tg Urim and c JS—H 1:42. b JS—H 1:2. Thummim. d tg Scriptures, 61 a tg Injustice. 57 Joseph Smith—History 1:65–71 was also correct. I took the certifi- circumstances of my having received cate and put it into my pocket, and the plates, and accordingly he had was just leaving the house, when come to make inquiries of me. Mr. Anthon called me back, and 67 Two days after the arrival of asked me how the young man found Mr. Cowdery (being the 7th of April) out that there were gold plates in I commenced to translate the Book the place where he found them. I of Mormon, and he began to a write answered that an angel of God had for me. revealed it unto him. · · · · · · · 65 “He then said to me, ‘Let me see 68 We still continued the work of that certificate.’ I accordingly took it translation, when, in the ensuing out of my pocket and gave it to him, month (May, 1829), we on a certain when he took it and tore it to pieces, day went into the woods to pray and saying that there was no such thing a a inquire of the Lord respecting bap- now as ministering of angels, and tism for the b remission of sins, that that if I would bring the plates to we found mentioned in the transla- him he would translate them. I in- tion of the plates. While we were thus formed him that part of the plates b employed, praying and calling upon were sealed, and that I was forbidden the Lord, a messenger from heaven to bring them. He replied, ‘I cannot descended in a c cloud of light, and read a sealed book.’ I left him and having laid his d hands upon us, he went to Dr. Mitchell, who sanctioned e ordained us, saying: what Professor Anthon had said re- 69 Upon you my fellow servants, specting both the characters and the in the name of Messiah, I confer the translation.” a Priesthood of b Aaron, which holds the keys of the ministering of angels, and · · · · · · · c Oliver Cowdery serves as scribe in of the gospel of repentance, and of bap translating the Book of Mormon— tism by immersion for the remission Joseph and Oliver receive the Aaronic of sins; and this shall never be taken Priesthood from John the Baptist— again from the earth until the sons of d Levi do offer again an offering unto They are baptized, ordained, and re e ceive the spirit of prophecy. (Verses the Lord in righteousness. 66–75.) 70 He said this Aaronic Priesthood had not the power of laying on hands 66 On the 5th day of April, 1829, for the gift of the Holy Ghost, but a Oliver Cowdery came to my house, that this should be conferred on us until which time I had never seen hereafter; and he commanded us to him. He stated to me that having go and be baptized, and gave us di- been teaching school in the neighbor- rections that I should baptize Oliver hood where my father resided, and Cowdery, and that afterwards he my father being one of those who should baptize me. sent to the school, he went to board 71 Accordingly we went and were for a season at his house, and while baptized. I a baptized him first, and there the family related to him the afterwards he baptized me—after

65 a tg Angels, Ministering. Baptism, Essential; 69 a tg Restoration of the b Isa. 29:11 (11–12); Baptism, Immersion. Gospel. Dan. 12:9; b tg Remission of Sins. b tg Priesthood, Aaronic. 1 Ne. 14:26; c Num. 11:25; c tg Baptism. 2 Ne. 27:10; Ether 2:4 (4–5, 14); d Deut. 10:8; Ether 4:5 (4–7); D&C 34:7 (7–9). D&C 13; 124:39. D&C 35:18. d A of F 1:5. e tg Righteousness. 66 a D&C 6:14–16; 8:1 (1–12). tg Hands, Laying on of. 71 a Mosiah 18:13–15; 67 a D&C 9:1. e tg Priesthood, 3 Ne. 19:10–13. tg Scriptures, Writing of. Authority; 68 a tg Baptism; Priesthood, History of. Joseph Smith—History 1:72–75 58 which I laid my hands upon his head prophesied concerning the rise of and ordained him to the Aaronic this Church, and many other things Priesthood, and afterwards he laid connected with the Church, and this his hands on me and ordained me generation of the children of men. We to the same Priesthood—for so we were filled with the Holy Ghost, and were commanded.* rejoiced in the God of our salvation. 72 The a messenger who visited 74 Our minds being now enlight- us on this occasion and conferred ened, we began to have the a scriptures this Priesthood upon us, said that laid open to our understandings, and his name was John, the same that the b true meaning and intention of is called b John the Baptist in the their more c mysterious passages re- New Testament, and that he acted vealed unto us in a manner which under the direction of c Peter, James we never could attain to previously, and John, who held the keys of the nor ever before had thought of. In Priesthood of Melchizedek, which the meantime we were forced to keep Priesthood, he said, would in due secret the circumstances of having time be conferred on us, and that I received the Priesthood and our hav- should be called the first d Elder of ing been baptized, owing to a spirit of the Church, and he (Oliver Cowdery) persecution which had already man- the second. It was on the fifteenth day ifested itself in the neighborhood. of May, 1829, that we were ordained 75 We had been threatened with be- under the hand of this messenger, ing mobbed, from time to time, and and baptized. this, too, by professors of religion. 73 Immediately on our coming up And their intentions of mobbing out of the water after we had been us were only counteracted by the baptized, we experienced great and influence of my wife’s father’s fam- glorious blessings from our Heavenly ily (under Divine providence), who Father. No sooner had I baptized had become very a friendly to me, Oliver Cowdery, than the Holy Ghost and who were opposed to mobs, and fell upon him, and he stood up and were willing that I should be allowed a prophesied many things which to continue the work of translation should shortly come to pass. And without interruption; and therefore again, so soon as I had been bap- offered and promised us protection tized by him, I also had the spirit from all unlawful proceedings, as of prophecy, when, standing up, I far as in them lay.

* Oliver Cowdery describes these events thus: “These were days never to be for- gotten—to sit under the sound of a voice dictated by the inspiration of heaven, awak- ened the utmost gratitude of this bosom! Day after day I continued, uninterrupted, to write from his mouth, as he translated with the Urim and Thummim, or, as the Nephites would have said, ‘Interpreters,’ the history or record called ‘The Book of Mormon.’ “To notice, in even few words, the interesting account given by Mormon and his faithful son, Moroni, of a people once beloved and favored of heaven, would super- sede my present design; I shall therefore defer this to a future period, and, as I said in the introduction, pass more directly to some few incidents immediately connected with the rise of this Church, which may be entertaining to some thousands who have stepped forward, amid the frowns of bigots and the calumny of hypocrites, and em- braced the Gospel of Christ. “No men, in their sober senses, could translate and write the directions given to the Nephites from the mouth of the Savior, of the precise manner in which men should

72 a Luke 3:4. Melchizedek. b John 16:13. b Matt. 3:1 (1–12). d tg Elder. c tg Mysteries of c D&C 7:7 (5–7); 27:12. 73 a tg Holy Ghost, Gifts of; Godliness. tg Priesthood, Keys of; Holy Ghost, Mission of. 75 a tg Friendship. Priesthood, 74 a D&C 32:4. 59 Joseph Smith—History build up His Church, and especially when corruption had spread an uncertainty over all forms and systems practiced among men, without desiring a privilege of showing the willingness of the heart by being buried in the liquid grave, to answer a ‘good conscience by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.’ “After writing the account given of the Savior’s ministry to the remnant of the seed of Jacob, upon this continent, it was easy to be seen, as the prophet said it would be, that darkness covered the earth and gross darkness the minds of the people. On reflecting further it was as easy to be seen that amid the great strife and noise concerning religion, none had authority from God to administer the ordinances of the Gospel. For the question might be asked, have men authority to administer in the name of Christ, who deny revelations, when His testimony is no less than the spirit of prophecy, and His religion based, built, and sustained by immediate revelations, in all ages of the world when He has had a people on earth? If these facts were buried, and carefully concealed by men whose craft would have been in danger if once permitted to shine in the faces of men, they were no longer to us; and we only waited for the commandment to be given ‘Arise and be baptized.’ “This was not long desired before it was realized. The Lord, who is rich in mercy, and ever willing to answer the consistent prayer of the humble, after we had called upon Him in a fervent manner, aside from the abodes of men, condescended to mani fest to us His will. On a sudden, as from the midst of eternity, the voice of the Re- deemer spake peace to us, while the veil was parted and the angel of God came down clothed with glory, and delivered the anxiously looked for message, and the keys of the Gospel of repentance. What joy! what wonder! what amazement! While the world was racked and distracted—while millions were groping as the blind for the wall, and while all men were resting upon uncertainty, as a general mass, our eyes beheld, our ears heard, as in the ‘blaze of day’; yes, more—above the glitter of the May sunbeam, which then shed its brilliancy over the face of nature! Then his voice, though mild, pierced to the center, and his words, ‘I am thy fellow-servant,’ dispelled every fear. We listened, we gazed, we admired! ’Twas the voice of an angel from glory, ’twas a message from the Most High! And as we heard we rejoiced, while His love enkindled upon our souls, and we were wrapped in the vision of the Almighty! Where was room for doubt? Nowhere; uncertainty had fled, doubt had sunk no more to rise, while fiction and deception had fled forever! “But, dear brother, think, further think for a moment, what joy filled our hearts, and with what surprise we must have bowed, (for who would not have bowed the knee for such a blessing?) when we received under his hand the Holy Priesthood as he said, ‘Upon you my fellow-servants, in the name of Messiah, I confer this Priesthood and this authority, which shall remain upon earth, that the Sons of Levi may yet offer an offering unto the Lord in righteousness!’ “I shall not attempt to paint to you the feelings of this heart, nor the majestic beauty and glory which surrounded us on this occasion; but you will believe me when I say, that earth, nor men, with the eloquence of time, cannot begin to clothe language in as interesting and sublime a manner as this holy personage. No; nor has this earth power to give the joy, to bestow the peace, or comprehend the wisdom which was contained in each sentence as they were delivered by the power of the Holy Spirit! Man may deceive his fellow-men, deception may follow deception, and the children of the wicked one may have power to seduce the foolish and untaught, till naught but fiction feeds the many, and the fruit of falsehood carries in its current the giddy to the grave; but one touch with the finger of his love, yes, one ray of glory from the upper world, or one word from the mouth of the Savior, from the bosom of eternity, strikes it all into insignificance, and blots it forever from the mind. The assurance that we were in the presence of an angel, the certainty that we heard the voice of Jesus, and the truth unsullied as it flowed from a pure personage, dictated by the will of God, is to me past description, and I shall ever look upon this expression of the Savior’s goodness with wonder and thanksgiving while I am permitted to tarry; and in those mansions where perfection dwells and sin never comes, I hope to adore in that day which shall never cease.”—Messenger and Advocate, vol. 1 (October 1834), pp. 14–16.

The Articles of Faith of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

e a believe in b God, the who are in d authority, to e preach the Eternal Father, and in His Gospel and administer in the f ordi- c Son, Jesus Christ, and in the nances thereof. d W a Holy Ghost. 6 We believe in the same organi- 2 We believe that men will be a pun- zation that existed in the Primitive ished for their b own sins, and not for Church, namely, apostles, b prophets, c Adam’s transgression. c pastors, d teachers, e evangelists, and 3 We believe that through the so forth. a Atonement of Christ, all b man- 7 We believe in the a gift of b tongues, kind may be c saved, by obedience c prophecy, d revelation, e visions, f heal- to the laws and ordinances of the ing, g interpretation of tongues, and Gospel. so forth. 4 We believe that the first principles 8 We believe the a Bible to be the and a ordinances of the Gospel are: b word of God as far as it is translated first, b Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; c correctly; we also believe the d Book second, c Repentance; third, d Baptism of Mormon to be the word of God. by e immersion for the f remission of 9 We believe all that God has a re- sins; fourth, Laying on of g hands for vealed, all that He does now reveal, the h gift of the Holy Ghost. and we believe that He will yet 5 We believe that a man must be b reveal many great and important a called of God, by b prophecy, and things pertaining to the Kingdom by the laying on of c hands by those of God.

1 1 a tg Believe. Faith. e tg Patriarch. b tg Godhead; c tg Repent. 7 a tg Holy Ghost, Gifts of. God the Father, Elohim. d tg Baptism. b tg Language. c tg Jesus Christ, Divine e tg Baptism, Immersion. c tg Prophecy. Sonship. f tg Remission of Sins. d tg Revelation. d tg Holy Ghost. g tg Hands, Laying on of. e tg Vision. 2 a tg Punish. h tg Holy Ghost, Gift of. f tg Heal. b Ex. 32:33; 5 a Num. 27:16 (15–20). g 1 Cor. 12:10; Deut. 24:16; tg Called of God; Morm. 9:7. Ezek. 18:20 (1–20). Priesthood, Qualifying 8 a tg Bible; tg Accountability; for. Revelation; Agency. b tg Prophecy. Scriptures, c tg Fall of Man. c tg Hands, Laying on of. Preservation of; 3 a tg Jesus Christ, d tg Authority; Scriptures, Value of; Atonement through. Priesthood, Authority. Scriptures, Writing of. b Jude 1:3. e D&C 11:15 (15–21). b Isa. 8:20 (16–22). c Ps. 49:15; tg Preaching. c 1 Ne. 13:26 (20–40); Mosiah 27:24 (24–26); f Alma 13:16 (8–16). 14:21 (20–26). D&C 93:38; 6 a tg Church d tg Book of Mormon. Moses 5:9. Organization. 9 a tg Revelation. tg Salvation. b tg Prophets, Mission of. b Dan. 2:28 (22–29, 49); 4 a tg Ordinance. c tg Bishop. Amos 3:7; b D&C 138:33. d tg Teacher; D&C 121:26 (26–33). tg Baptism, Qualifica- Teacher, Aaronic tg Scriptures to Come tions for; Priesthood. Forth. 61 Articles of Faith 1:10–13

10 We believe in the literal a gath- magistrates, in c obeying, honoring, ering of Israel and in the restoration and sustaining the d law. of the b Ten Tribes; that c Zion (the 13 a We believe in being b honest, New Jerusalem) will be built upon true, c chaste, d benevolent, virtuous, the American continent; that Christ and in doing e good to all men; in- will d reign personally upon the earth; deed, we may say that we follow the and, that the earth will be e renewed admonition of Paul—We believe all and receive its f paradisiacal g glory. things, we f hope all things, we have 11 We claim the a privilege of wor- endured many things, and hope to shiping Almighty God according to be able to g endure all things. If there the b dictates of our own c conscience, is anything h virtuous, i lovely, or of and allow all men the same privi- good report or praiseworthy, we seek lege, let them d worship how, where, after these things. or what they may. 12 We believe in being a subject Joseph Smith. to b kings, presidents, rulers, and

10 a Isa. 49:22 (20–22); 60:4; f ie a condition like the Governments. 1 Ne. 19:16 (16–17). Garden of Eden; see b tg Kings, Earthly. tg Israel, Gathering of. Isa. 11:1–9; 35; c tg Obedience. b tg Israel, Ten Lost 51:1–3; 65:17–25; d D&C 58:21 (21–23). Tribes of. Ezek. 36:35 (1–38); 13 a Philip. 4:8. c Ether 13:6 (2–11); 2 Ne. 8:1–3. b tg Honesty; D&C 42:9; 45:66 (66–67); tg Paradise. Integrity. 84:2 (2–5); g tg Glory. c tg Chastity. Moses 7:62. 11 a Alma 21:22 (21–22); d tg Benevolence. tg Jerusalem, New; D&C 93:19; e tg Good Works. Zion. 134:4 (1–4). f tg Hope. d Micah 4:7. b tg Agency. g tg Perseverance; tg Jesus Christ, c tg Conscience. Steadfastness. Millennial Reign. d Micah 4:5; h tg Modesty; e tg Earth, D&C 134:7 (4, 7). Virtue. Cleansing of; tg Worship. i tg Beauty. Earth, Renewal of; 12 a D&C 134:1 (1–11). Eden. tg Citizenship;