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THE BOOK OF ABRAHAM
TRANSLATED FROM THE PAPYRUS, BY JOSEPH SMITH
CHAPTER 1
1
In
the land of the
a
Chaldeans
, at the residence of my fathers, I,
b
Abraham
, saw that it was needful for me to obtain another place of
c
residence
;
Footnotes
1
a
Abr. 1: 20 (20-30)
.
20 Behold, Potiphar’s Hill was in the land of
a
Ur
, of Chaldea. And the Lord broke down the altar of Elkenah, and of the gods of the land, and utterly destroyed them, and smote the priest that he died; and there was great mourning in Chaldea, and also in the court of Pharaoh; which Pharaoh signifies king by royal blood.
Abr.
2: 4 (1, 4)
.
4 Therefore I left the land of
a
Ur
, of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and I took Lot, my brother’s son, and his wife, and Sarai my wife; and also my
b
father
followed after me, unto the land which we denominated Haran.
b
Gen. 11: 26 (10-26)
.
26 And
a
Terah
lived seventy years, and begat
b
Abram
, Nahor, and Haran.
Hel. 8: 18 (16-19)
.
18 Yea, and behold I say unto you, that Abraham not only knew of these things, but there were
a
many
before the days of Abraham who were called by the
b
order
of God; yea, even after the order of his Son; and this that it should be shown unto the people, a great many thousand years before his coming, that even redemption should come unto them.
c
Acts 7: 3 (2-4)
.
3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy
a
country
, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
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