1 Ne 2:21-24
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Verse 21
- Why doesn't the Lord say "rebel against me" in this verse, like he does in the below verses? And why does the Lord refer to himself in the third person in this verse when he uses the first person in the below verses?
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Verse 22
- Why was Nephi presumably told that he would be "a ruler" only over his own brethren? Does this mean he would not rule over his own family? What about ruling over non-Lehites in the vicinity or who would be adopted in?
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Verse 23
- Was this a delayed curse? If we take this literally, shouldn't the Lord have cursed Laman and Lemuel the moment they leaved Jerusalem and started murmuring?
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Verse 24
- Why does the Lord use the word "if" to describe the likelihood of Laman and Lemuel's rebellion? Is this a subtle way of saying that Laman and Lemuel's descendants might stop rebelling at certain points in time, or at least be partially obedient and partially rebellious?
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Lexical notes
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Exegesis
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Verses 21-22
Considering the verses before and after these, the overall logic flows much more smoothly if the order of these two verses is switched.
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Verses 23-24
The use of "they" in verses 23 & 24 can be a bit confusing. Below "they" is replaced with the referent that seems to make the most sense given the context.
- 23 For behold, in that day that [thy brethren] shall rebel against me, I will curse [thy brethren] even with a sore curse, and [thy brethren] shall have no power over thy seed except [thy seed] shall rebel against me also.
- 24 And if it so be that [thy seed] rebel against me, [thy brethren's seed] shall be a scourge unto thy seed, to stir [thy seed] up in the ways of remembrance.
Note that whether the Lamanites do good or bad, the Lord has a plan to use their works for his own righteous purposes. In this case if they do evil, the Lord uses them to be a scourge on Nephi's seed--to bring Nephi's seed to remember the Lord.
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