34 Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of ^aAbraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,

  18 Yea, and behold I say unto you, that Abraham not only knew of these things, but there were ^amany before the days of Abraham who were called by the ^border 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.

  37 Therefore, marvel not at these things, for ye are not yet ^apure; ye can not yet bear my glory; but ye shall behold it if ye are faithful in keeping all my words that I have ^bgiven you, from the days of Adam to Abraham, from Abraham to Moses, from Moses to Jesus and his apostles, and from Jesus and his apostles to Joseph Smith, whom I did call upon by mine ^cangels, my ministering servants, and by mine own voice out of the heavens, to bring forth my work;

  1 In the land of the ^aChaldeans, at the residence of my fathers, I, ^bAbraham, saw that it was needful for me to obtain another place of ^cresidence;