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THE BOOK OF ABRAHAM
TRANSLATED FROM THE PAPYRUS, BY JOSEPH SMITH
CHAPTER 1
  2 And, finding there was greater ahappiness and peace and rest for me, I sought for the blessings of the fathers, and the right whereunto I should be ordained to administer the same; having been myself a follower of brighteousness, desiring also to be one who possessed great cknowledge, and to be a greater follower of righteousness, and to possess a greater knowledge, and to be a father of many dnations, a prince of peace, and edesiring to receive instructions, and to keep the commandments of God, I became a rightful heir, a fHigh Priest, holding the right belonging to the fathers.

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Prov. 19: 2.
  2 Also, that the soul be without aknowledge, it is not good; and he that bhasteth with his feet sinneth.
D&C 42: 61.
  61 If thou shalt ask, thou shalt receive arevelation upon revelation, bknowledge upon knowledge, that thou mayest know the cmysteries and dpeaceable things—that which bringeth ejoy, that which bringeth life eternal.
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Gen. 12: 2.
  2 And I will make of thee a agreat bnation, and I will cbless thee, and make thy dname great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Gen. 17: 6.
  6 And I will make thee exceeding afruitful, and I will make bnations of thee, and ckings shall come out of thee.
Gen. 18: 18.
  18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty anation, and all the bnations of the earth shall be cblessed in him?
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Gen. 13: 4.
  4 Unto the place of the aaltar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram bcalled on the name of the Lord.
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