Doctrine and Covenants 107: 42

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THE
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS
OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

SECTION 107

42 From Adam to ^aSeth, who was ^bordained by Adam at the age of sixty-nine years, and was blessed by him three years previous to his (Adam’s) death, and received the promise of God by his father, that his posterity should be the chosen of the Lord, and that they should be ^cpreserved unto the end of the earth;

Footnotes

42a	Gen. 4: 25. 25 ¶ And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name ^aSeth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of ^bAbel, whom Cain slew.
b	D&C 84: 16. 16 And from Enoch to ^aAbel, who was slain by the ^bconspiracy of his brother, who ^creceived the priesthood by the commandments of God, by the hand of his father ^dAdam, who was the first man— Moses 6: 2. 2 And Adam knew his wife again, and she bare a son, and he called his name ^aSeth. And Adam glorified the name of God; for he said: God hath appointed me another seed, instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
c	Gen. 45: 7 (1-8). 7 And God sent me before you to ^apreserve you a ^bposterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 2 Ne. 3: 16. 16 Yea, thus prophesied Joseph: I am sure of this thing, even as I am sure of the promise of Moses; for the Lord hath said unto me, I will ^apreserve thy seed forever.