The Abrahamic parallels begin even before this point, for the story in Genesis that immediately precedes Abraham’s is the Tower of Babel (Gen. 11:1–9), Shem’s genealogy ending with Lot (Gen. 11:10–27), and Yahweh’s command to Abram to “get thee out of thy country” (Gen. 12:1). Abram and his family leave with the promise that they will be a “great nation” and that Abraham will have numerous descendants (Gen 12:2). These elements also appear in the Jaredite story. Again, I see Mosiah and/or Moroni as influences on the particular phrasing of this passage.
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