Abraham 2: 17

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THE BOOK OF ABRAHAM
TRANSLATED FROM THE PAPYRUS, BY JOSEPH SMITH

CHAPTER 2

17 Now I, Abraham, built an ^aaltar in the land of Jershon, and made an offering unto the Lord, and prayed that the ^bfamine might be turned away from my father’s house, that they might not perish.

Footnotes

17a

Gen. 12: 7 (7-8).

7 And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, ^aUnto thy ^bseed will I give this ^cland: and there builded he an ^daltar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him.

1 Ne. 2: 7.

7 And it came to pass that he built an ^aaltar of ^bstones, and made an ^coffering unto the Lord, and gave ^dthanks unto the Lord our God.

Abr. 1: 29.

29 Now, after the priest of Elkenah was smitten that he died, there came a fulfilment of those things which were said unto me concerning the land of Chaldea, that there should be a ^afamine in the land.

Abr. 2: 1.

1 Now the Lord God caused the ^afamine to wax sore in the land of Ur, insomuch that ^bHaran, my brother, died; but ^cTerah, my father, yet lived in the land of Ur, of the Chaldees.