Moroni asserts that these prophets prayed not only for their brethren, but specifically for the person who was to bring the work to light, for Joseph Smith. Since the 1 Nephi-Omni material was certainly with the record at this point, Moroni would have read Nephi’s discourse on the coming forth of the Book of Mormon (1 Nephi 13:39-41). He would also have known of Lehi’s discourse to his son Joseph which contained information about this person who would bring forth the Book of Mormon (2 Nephi 3:11-17). These would be some of the points in scripture he would have used to make his statement that the prophets had prayed for the person who would “bring these things forth.”