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

CHAPTER 2

6 But I, Abraham, and Lot, my brother’s son, prayed unto the Lord, and the Lord ^aappeared unto me, and said unto me: Arise, and take Lot with thee; for I have purposed to take thee away out of Haran, and to make of thee a ^bminister to bear my ^cname in a strange ^dland which I will give unto thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession, when they hearken to my voice.

Footnotes

6a	Gen. 17: 1. 1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord ^aappeared to ^bAbram, and said unto him, I am the ^cAlmighty God; ^dwalk before me, and be thou ^eperfect. Gen. 48: 3. 3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God ^aAlmighty ^bappeared unto me at ^cLuz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, Ex. 6: 2-3. 2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the Lord: D&C 107: 54. 54 And the Lord appeared unto them, and they rose up and blessed ^aAdam, and called him Michael, the prince, the archangel. Abr. 3: 11. 11 Thus I, Abraham, ^atalked with the Lord, face to face, as one man talketh with another; and he told me of the works which his hands had made; TG God, Manifestations of. TG Jesus Christ, Appearances, Antemortal.
b	TG Delegation of Responsibility.
c	Gen. 12: 3. 3 And I will ^abless them that bless thee, and ^bcurse him that ^ccurseth thee: and in thee shall all ^dfamilies of the earth be ^eblessed. Abr. 1: 19. 19 As it was with ^aNoah so shall it be with thee; but through thy ministry my ^bname shall be known in the earth ^cforever, for I am thy God.
d	Gen. 13: 15. 15 For all the ^aland which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. Gen. 17: 8. 8 And I will ^agive unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the ^bland wherein thou art a ^cstranger, all the ^dland of ^eCanaan, for an everlasting ^fpossession; and I will be their ^gGod. Gen. 48: 4. 4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee ^afruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this ^bland to thy seed after thee for an everlasting ^cpossession. Ex. 33: 1. 1 And the Lord said unto Moses, ^aDepart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy ^bseed will I give it: 1 Ne. 10: 3. 3 That after they should be destroyed, even that great city ^aJerusalem, and many be ^bcarried away captive into ^cBabylon, according to the own due time of the Lord, they should ^dreturn again, yea, even be brought back out of captivity; and after they should be brought back out of captivity they should possess again the land of their inheritance. Abr. 2: 19. 19 And the Lord ^aappeared unto me in answer to my prayers, and said unto me: Unto thy seed will I give this ^bland. TG Israel, Land of.