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Annotation of 2 Nephi 1 – preliminary
2 Nephi 1 is a good example because it shows that a high percentage of its language is also KJV language. Few of the KJV words/phrases are not also found in Edwards, including the so-called "blended" passages.
The blue Book of Mormon words/phrases in the annotation are nonbiblical and also not found in Edwards. In some cases noted below, the nonbiblical language is close to Edwards (e.g., plural instead of singular). There are several examples in the Book of Mormon of paraphrased or misquoted passages from the KJV that are identical to paraphrased or misquoted KJV passages in Edwards' works.
The red words/phrases are nonbiblical Book of Mormon wording that are also found in Edwards' works as available on the Yale database, which includes most but not all of the 1808 edition, as well as material not included in the 1808 edition.
Purple are nonbiblical Book of Mormon words/phrases similar to Edwards.
Naturally, Edwards is not the only person who ever used this nonbiblical Book of Mormon terminology. English is a common language or we couldn't understand one another. But the ready availability of Edwards' works in Palmyra during Joseph's youth indicates that Edwards was a possible source for Joseph's vocabulary that he used when translating the plates.
Bold = KJV
Blue = nonbiblical BofM/D&C/PGP w/o JE
Red = nonbiblical BofM/D&C/PGP and JE
Purple = nonbiblical BofM/D&C/PGP similar to JE
Chapter 1
Lehi prophesies of a land of liberty—His seed will be scattered and smitten if they reject the Holy One of Israel—He exhorts his sons to put on the armor of righteousness. About 588–570 B.C.
1 And now it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had made an end[1] of teaching my brethren, our father, Lehi, also spake many things unto them, and rehearsed[2] unto them, how great things[3] the Lord had done for them in bringing them out[4] of the land of Jerusalem[5].
2 And he spake unto them concerning their rebellions[6] upon the waters[7], and the mercies of God[8] in sparing[9] their lives[10], that they were not swallowed up[11] in the sea.
3 And he also spake unto them concerning the land of promise[12], which they had obtained[13]—how merciful[14] the Lord had been in warning[15] us that we should flee out of the land of Jerusalem.
4 For, behold, said he, I have seen a vision[16], in which I know that Jerusalem is destroyed; and had we remained[17] in Jerusalem we should also have perished[18].
5 But, said he, notwithstanding our afflictions[19], we have obtained a land of promise, a land which is choice above[20] all other lands[21]; a land which the Lord God hath covenanted[22] with me should be a land for the inheritance[23] of my seed. Yea, the Lord hath covenanted this land unto me, and to my children forever[24], and also all those who should be led out of[25] other countries[26] by the hand of the Lord[27].
6 Wherefore, I, Lehi, prophesy according to the workings of[28] the Spirit which is in me, that there shall none come into this land save they shall be brought by the hand of the Lord.
7 Wherefore, this land is consecrated[29] unto him whom he shall bring. And if it so be that they shall serve him according to the commandments[30] which he hath given, it shall be a land of[31] liberty[32] unto them; wherefore, they shall never be brought down[33] into captivity[34]; if so, it shall be because of iniquity[35]; for if iniquity shall abound[36] cursed shall be the land for their sakes[37], but unto the righteous it shall be blessed forever[38].
8 And behold, it is wisdom[39] that this land should be kept as yet[40] from the knowledge of other nations[41]; for behold, many nations[42] would overrun[43] the land, that there would be no place for an inheritance.
9 Wherefore, I, Lehi, have obtained a promise[44], that inasmuch as those whom the Lord God shall bring out of the land of Jerusalem shall keep his commandments, they shall prosper upon the face of this land[45]; and they shall be kept from[46] all other nations, that they may possess this land[47] unto themselves[48]. And if it so be that they shall keep his commandments they shall be blessed[49] upon the face of this land, and there shall be none to molest[50] them, nor to take away the land of their inheritance[51]; and they shall dwell safely[52] forever.
10 But behold, when the time cometh that they shall dwindle[53] in unbelief, after they have received so great blessings[54] from the hand of the Lord—having a knowledge[55] of the creation of the earth[56], and all men, knowing the great and marvelous[57] works of the Lord[58] from the creation of the world[59]; having power given them[60] to do all things[61] by faith; having all the commandments[62] from the beginning[63], and having been brought by his infinite goodness[64] into this precious land[65] of promise—behold, I say, if the day shall come that they will reject the Holy One of Israel, the true Messiah, their Redeemer and their God, behold, the judgments of him that is just shall rest upon them.
11 Yea, he will bring other nations unto them, and he will give unto them power, and he will take away from them the lands of their possessions, and he will cause them to be scattered and smitten[66].
12 Yea, as one generation passeth to another there shall be bloodsheds[67], and great visitations[68] among them; wherefore, my sons, I would that ye would remember; yea, I would that ye would hearken unto my words.
13 O that ye would awake; awake from a deep sleep[69], yea, even from the sleep of hell[70], and shake off[71] the awful[72] chains by which ye are bound, which are the chains which bind the[73] children of men, that they are carried away captive down to the eternal gulf[74] of misery and woe.
14 Awake! and arise from the dust, and hear the words of a trembling parent, whose limbs ye must soon lay down[75] in the cold and silent grave[76], from whence[77] no traveler can return; a few more days[78] and I go the way of all the earth[79].
15 But behold, the Lord hath redeemed my soul from hell; I have beheld his glory, and I am encircled about eternally in the arms of his love[80].
16 And I desire that ye should remember to observe the statutes and the judgments of the Lord; behold, this hath been the anxiety[81] of my soul from the beginning.
17 My heart hath been weighed down[82] with sorrow from time to time, for I have feared, lest for the hardness of your hearts the Lord your God should come out in the fulness of his wrath[83] upon you, that ye be cut off and destroyed forever[84];
18 Or, that a cursing should come upon you for the space of[85] many generations; and ye are visited by sword, and by famine, and are hated, and are led according to the will and captivity[86] of the devil[87].
19 O my sons, that these things might not come upon you, but that ye might be a choice and a favored people[88] of the Lord. But behold, his will be done; for his ways are righteousness forever.
20 And he hath said that: Inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments ye shall prosper in the land; but inasmuch as ye will not keep my commandments ye shall be cut off from my presence.
21 And now that my soul might have joy in you, and that my heart might leave this world[89] with gladness[90] because of you, that I might not be brought down with grief and sorrow[91] to the grave, arise from the dust[92], my sons, and be men, and be determined[93] in one mind[94] and in one heart, united in all things[95], that ye may not come down into captivity;
22 That ye may not be cursed with a sore cursing[96]; and also, that ye may not incur[97] the displeasure[98] of a just God[99] upon you, unto the destruction, yea, the eternal destruction[100] of both soul and body[101].
23 Awake[102], my sons; put on the armor of righteousness[103]. Shake off[104] the chains with which ye are bound, and come forth out[105] of obscurity[106], and arise from the dust[107].
24 Rebel no more[108] against your brother, whose views[109] have been glorious, and who hath kept the commandments from the time that we left Jerusalem; and who hath been an instrument in the hands[110] of God, in bringing us forth[111] into the land of promise; for were it not for[112] him, we must have perished with hunger[113] in the wilderness; nevertheless, ye sought to take away his life; yea, and he hath suffered much sorrow because of you.
25 And I exceedingly fear and tremble[114] because of you, lest he shall suffer again; for behold, ye have accused him[115] that he sought power and authority[116] over you; but I know that he hath not sought for power nor authority over you, but he hath sought the glory[117] of God, and your own eternal welfare[118].
26 And ye have murmured[119] because he hath been plain[120] unto you. Ye say that he hath used sharpness[121]; ye say that he hath been angry[122] with you; but behold, his sharpness was the sharpness of the power of the word[123] of God, which was in him; and that which ye call anger was the truth, according to that which is in God, which he could not restrain[124], manifesting boldly[125] concerning your iniquities[126].
27 And it must needs be[127] that the power of God[128] must be with him, even unto his commanding you that ye must obey. But behold, it was not he[129], but it was the Spirit of the Lord which was in him, which opened his mouth[130] to utterance[131] that he could not shut it.
28 And now my son, Laman, and also Lemuel and Sam, and also my sons who are the sons of Ishmael, behold, if ye will hearken unto the voice of Nephi ye shall not perish. And if ye will hearken unto him I leave unto you a blessing, yea, even my first blessing[132].
29 But if ye will not hearken unto him I take away my first blessing, yea, even my blessing, and it shall rest upon him.
30 And now, Zoram, I speak unto you: Behold, thou art the servant of Laban; nevertheless, thou hast been brought out of the land of Jerusalem, and I know that thou art a true friend[133] unto my son, Nephi, forever.
31 Wherefore, because thou hast been faithful thy seed shall be blessed with his seed, that they dwell in prosperity[134] long upon the face of this land; and nothing, save it shall be iniquity among them, shall harm or[135] disturb[136] their prosperity upon the face of this land forever.
32 Wherefore, if ye shall keep the commandments of the Lord, the Lord hath consecrated this land for the security[137] of thy seed with the seed of my son.
(2 Nephi 1–1:32)
[1] OT (41) NT (1) BM (28) JE (20)
[2] OT (2) NT (2) BM (9) PGP (1) JE (40)
[3] OT (19) NT (9) BM (18) DC (5) JE (100s) OT/JE: “for consider how great things he hath done for you” (1 Samuel 12:24)
[4] OT (1) BM (1) JE (12)
[5] BM (42) DC (1)
[6] BM (4) DC (2) JE (10) JE: “That wicked generation continued their rebellions , after that God, for their rebelling, had sworn in his wrath that they should not enter into his rest”
[7] OT (8) BM (8) DC (8) JE (30)
[8] NT (1) BM (3) JE (10)
[9] NT (1) BM (3) JE (50)
[10] “sparing their lives” BM (2)
[11] OT (11) NT (4) BM (15) JE (100s)
[12] NT (1) BM (22) DC (4) PGP (1) JE (12)
[13] NT (2) BM (17) DC (1) JE (45)
[14] BM (5) JE (1) JE : « how full of majesty, how holy a God, how he hates sin, how opposite sin is to his nature, how merciful and gracious a God he is, how all-sufficient, how full he is of blessedness, and what a fountain of happiness he is for all that trust in him.”
[15] BM (1) JE (35)
[16] NT (2) BM (2) PGP (6) JE (1)
[17] BM (1)
[18] OT (1) BM (8) PGP (1) JE (18) OT: « I should then have perished in mine affliction” (Psalms 119:92)
[19] BM (1)
[20] BM (10)
[21] BM (9) JE (1) JE: “He was said of old to dwell in the land of Israel above all other lands , and in Jerusalem above all other cities in that land, and in the temple above all other houses in that city…”
[22] OT (2) NT (2) BM (20) DC (4) PGP (3) JE (20)
[23] BM (1) DC (1) JE (4) JE paraphrasing Col. 1 :12 : And being thus made meet, through grace, for the inheritance of the saints in light,”
[24] BM (1) DC (1) JE (5) “children for ever” OT (4) JE (3)
[25] BM (5) DC (1) JE (1) JE: “not so that he shall be instantly free from them, but so that he shall be led out of them, through the midst of them that already lie between him and heaven”
[26] BM (1) JE (35) JE: “it can't have chief respect to any return of Jews from Babylon and other countries”
[27] OT (36) NT (3) BM (26) DC (2) JE (20)
[28] BM (4) JE (30) JE: “seeing the operations and actings of that, and the workings of the Spirit of God therein”
[29] OT (12) NT (2) BM (14) DC (19) JE (65)
[30] BM (15) DC (2) JE (2)JE: “ sins against the [Holy Ghost], or according to the commandments that have been broken by them, or according to the lusts that you have exercised in them”
[31] “land of liberty” BM (4)
[32] OT (9) NT (18) BM (47) DC (5) JE (100s)
[33] OT (15) NT (1) BM (18) DC (1) JE (65)
[34] OT (35) NT (4) BM (14) JE (60)
[35] BM (8) DC (1)
[36] NT (1) BM (1) DC (1) PGP (2) JE (2) NT/JE : And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. (Matthew 24:12)
[37] OT (7) NT (2) BM (3) JE (80)
[38] BM (4) JE (35) “blessed for ever” OT (3) NT (2) JE (3)
[39] BM (4) DC (11) JE (2)
[40] BM (1)
[41] BM (12) DC (4) JE (100+)
[42] OT (18) NT (2) BM (4) DC (2) PGP (1) JE (75)
[43] BM (4) JE (55)
[44] BM (3) DC (1) JE (1) JE : « had been wrestling with God for deliverance from him, and had obtained a promise from God”
[45] BM (11) DC (1)
[46] OT (1) NT (2) BM (7) DC (2) JE (85)
[47] OT (1) BM (2) DC (1) JE (1)
[48] OT (4) NT (3) BM (10) DC (5) PGP (1) JE (12)
[49] OT (8) NT (1) BM (10) DC (10) JE (40)
[50] BM (1) JE (2) JE : « of Gods House & have none to molest us”
[51] BM (13) DC (1)
[52] OT (9) BM (3) JE (7)
[53] BM (15) JE (5) JE: “and then gradually dwindle and die away till they came to almost nothing”
[54] BM (4) DC (3) JE (40)
[55] BM (1) DC (1)
[56] BM (1)
[57] “great and marvellous” NT (2) “great and marvelous” BM (25) DC (6) JE (3)
[58] OT (8) BM (7) DC (1) JE (10)
[59] NT (1) BM (5) JE (100)
[60] BM (1) JE (2)
[61] NT (3) BM (10) DC (5) PGP (1) JE (25)
[62] BM (1)
[63] OT (15) NT (25) BM (38) DC (14) PGP (9) JE (100s)
[64] BM (4) JE (50)
[65] BM (2)
[66] BM (2)
[67] BM (4)
[68] BM (1) “visitation” OT (13) NT (2) BM (3) DC (4) JE (20)
[69] OT (9) NT (1) BM (6) PGP (2) JE (30)
[70] BM (1)
[71] OT (3) NT (3) BM (3) DC (2) JE (20)
[72] BM (47) JE (100s)
[73] OT (7) NT (3) BM (1) DC (1) JE (8)
[74] BM (1) JE (1) JE: “and then was drowned in the Red Sea, a type of hell, or the eternal gulf of misery and lake that burns with fire and brimstone. “
[75] BM (1) JE (1) JE: “we are absent from the Body we must soon Lay down”
[76] BM (1) JE (20) JE: “shall be shut up in the silent grave and quickly moulder away to dust” “ its being laid in the dark and silent grave”
[77] OT (14) NT (13) BM (21) DC (4) PGP (2) JE (100s)
[78] BM (1) JE (1) JE: “ when a few more days shall have passed away, you shall be with them in their blessedness forever.”
[79] OT (2) BM (5) OT: “And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth” (Joshua 23:14)
[80] BM (1) JE (10) JE: “So he stands as it were with the arms of his love open to receive all children” “Embraced in the arms of his Love”
[81] BM (1) JE (1)
[82] BM (4)
[83] BM (6)
[84] BM (1) JE (4)
[85] NT (1) BM (69) DC (4) PGP (4) JE (15)
[86] BM (1)
[87] “captivity of the devil” BM (3)
[88] BM (4) JE (1) JE: “We are some of those highly favored people”
[89] BM (1) JE (6) JE : « wicked men, when they leave this world , have any principles of wickedness infused into 'em”
[90] OT (10) NT (2) BM (3) DC (2) JE (30)
[91] BM (1) JE (4) JE: “sense of his own folly and madness in sinning as he has done, and great grief and sorrow accompanying of it”
[92] BM (4)
[93] NT (1) BM (1) DC (1) JE (100)
[94] OT (1) BM (1) JE (4) JE: “ay we be perfectly Joyned together in One Mind”
[95] BM (1)
[96] BM (3)
[97] BM (1) DC (1) JE (20) JE : « so well he knew that the contrary would incur his displeasure” “When we fell, we so incurred the displeasure of God towards us that there was no hope of our ever obtaining that eternal life and blessedness” “no way implied that he could incur God's displeasure and vengeance” cf D&C 3:4 “he must fall and incur the vengeance of a just God upon him” (Doctrine and Covenants 3:4)
[98] OT (5) BM (2) DC (1) PGP (1) JE (100s)
[99] OT (1) BM (6) DC (1) JE (15)
[100] BM (1) JE (12) JE: “Wages of sin is death but by death is meant no other than the Eternal destruction of the Creature not only the death of the body but the death of the soul”
[101] OT (1) NT (2) BM (4) JE (100) NT: « And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” (Matthew 10:28)
[102] OT (36) NT (6) BM (23) DC (4) JE (100)
[103] “armour of righteousness” NT (1) JE (1) “armor of righteousness” BM (1) JE (2)
[104]
[105] OT (13) BM (2) DC (4) PGP (1) JE (15)
[106] OT (3) BM (3) DC (1) JE (90)
[107] BM (4)
[108] BM (1)
[109] BM (3) DC (4) JE (100s) JE: “ I have often had sweet complacency in God in views of his glorious perfections”
[110] BM (5) “instrument in the hand” JE (5) JE: “Natural conscience is the instrument in the hand of God, to accuse, condemn, terrify, and to urge to duty.”
[111] BM ((1)
[112] BM (11) DC (1) PGP (1) JE (80) JE : « Tis he that brings light out of darkness, and causes it to shine in a dark place. Were it not for him, we must have eternally remained in that gross darkness”
[113] BM (1) JE (1) JE : « we by sin have deprived our selves of all spiritual food we are like the Prodigal son that Perished with hunger”
[114] OT (1) BM (4) DC (2) JE (4)
[115] NT (3) BM (1) JE (12)
[116] NT (2) BM (23) DC (6) PGP (1) JE (22)
[117] BM (1) JE (2) JE: “I think it is pretty manifest that Jesus Christ sought the glory of God as his highest and last end”
[118] BM (1) JE (25) JE: “Those that give themselves to God and resign themselves to his will, will find that his will is nothing but their eternal welfare and happiness.”
[119] OT (10) NT (9) BM (4) JE (30)
[120] BM (1)
[121] NT (1) BM (6) DC (3) JE (7)
[122] BM (1) JE (3) JE : « Abimelech was afraid that God was angry, for what he had done to Sarah; or would have been angry with him, if he had done what he was about to do”
[123] BM (2)
[124] BM (1)
[125] BM (1)
[126] BM (2)
[127] OT (2) NT (3) BM (29) DC (23) JE (200)
[128] NT (14) BMM(56) DC (12) JE (100)
[129] BM (1) JE (4) JE : « for it was not he , but Eve, that begun transgression”
[130] NT (5) BM (5) JE (8)
[131] NT (5) BM (6) DC (3) PGP 91) JE (15)
[132] BM (2)
[133] BM (2) JE (9)
[134] BM (1)
[135] “harm or disturb” BM (1)
[136] BM (2) DC (1) JE (100)
[137] BM (1) JE (12) JE: “If there is so great a change to be wrought, how unreasonable is the security of multitudes of men.”
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