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Acts 7:17

But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

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Acts 7:17

But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

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1 Nephi 17 — Bountiful, the Ship, and Nephi's Exodus Sermon
2 Nephi 16 — Isaiah 6 — The Throne Theophany, the Coal from the Altar, and Send Me
2 Nephi 32 — Feast Upon the Words of Christ — Angels, the Holy Ghost, and the Doctrine of Pray Always
2 Nephi 33 — Nephi's Farewell — The Power of the Words, the Face-to-Face Meeting, the Pleasing Bar
Alma 9 — Have Ye Forgotten the Tradition of Your Fathers — Alma's Covenant Memory Sermon and the Doctrine That It Shall Be More Tolerable for the Lamanites
Alma 14 — The Lord Receiveth Them Up Unto Himself — The Martyrdom of the Innocents, the Mocking Priests, and the Collapse of the Prison Walls
Alma 24 — Rather Than Shed the Blood of Our Brethren — Weapons Buried Deep, 1,005 Slain Singing Praise, and the Convert Count That Exceeded the Body Count
Alma 33 — Then Cast About Your Eyes — Zenos, Zenock, and the Brazen Serpent, or How to Plant the Seed
Enos 1 — Enos's Wrestle — The Hunt That Became a Prayer, Intercession for Brethren and Enemies, the Promise of Preservation
Ether 7 — Brought Into Captivity — The Kingdom Divided, and the Brother of Jared's Warning Begins to Come True
Ether 9 — He Even Saw the Son of Righteousness — The Combination Devours Itself, and the Long Reigns of the Righteous Kings
Ether 11 — The Prophets Mourned and Withdrew — The Last Slide, and a People Past Hearing
Jacob 4 — Looking Beyond the Mark — Jacob's Meditation on Christ, Scripture, and the Jewish Stumble
Jarom 1 — Jarom — A Short Book on Purpose: Keeping the Law of Moses While Looking Forward to Christ, and the Prophets Who Kept a Hard People Alive
Mormon 1 — A Sober Child, Quick to Observe — Mormon's Boyhood, and the Withdrawal of the Spirit from a People
Moroni 1 — I Had Supposed Not to Have Written More — Moroni Returns to the Plates
Mosiah 7 — Ammon Finds the Lost Colony — The Bondage Pattern, the Slain Prophet, and the First Pre-Christian Christology Outside Benjamin
Mosiah 10 — The Tradition of the Fathers — A Wrong That Is Taught, A Hatred That Is Inherited, A Deliverance That Comes by Remembrance
Mosiah 13 — Abinadi's Face Shines — The Decalogue Finished, the Law as Schoolmaster, and the God Himself Who Shall Come Down
Mosiah 16 — The Light That Cannot Be Darkened — Abinadi's Closing Sermon on Carnal Death, the Light of Endless Life, and the Law That Points Beyond Itself
Mosiah 17 — Abinadi Sealed by Fire — Alma Believes, the Word Is Hidden Away, the Prophet Dies as the Type He Named Himself to Be
Mosiah 24 — Burdens Made Light — Amulon's Authority, the Forbidden Prayer, the Voice of the Lord in Their Affliction, the Deep Sleep upon the Lamanites, and the Valley Named Alma
Omni 1 — Omni — Five Voices on a Closing Plate, Mosiah's Flight to Zarahemla, the Mulekites Found, and the Stone of Coriantumr
Doctrine and Covenants 90 — The Keys of the Kingdom
Doctrine and Covenants 130 — That Same Sociality
Doctrine and Covenants 135 — In Life They Were Not Divided
Moses 1 — The Visions of Moses — Endless, the Only Begotten, the Confrontation with Satan, and the Work and the Glory

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