Show 1 fi 01 1 I HL BOOX no L 4 ar oe I 1 2 r I 1 mv v 10 qa j 7 V X V 3 V XV t A p 7 A A I 1 va kev I 1 A I 1 11 X a ral n 1 i 1 4 r T explanation 1 OP OF THE ABOVE CUT 11 t f r i I 1 the A avi of the lord i babra hanff 1 1 1 1 d upon an sitar titar t ithe I the 1 1 arnst of elvenah Elke eike nali nall ai attempting tempting to or oner oger ler it ap abraham Abr illIUM a ES as a byice sy ice cea j j 4 the th altar abar Act by the he Idola pries ts stans standing Y be etis itis gaoa ef of 0 aal ional li K 3 rami alid aim pl y 5 tile alie thil idolatrous godif El kenah benah 6 arril C i uh fr wore kore Ko naib raib 1 i 4 pharaoh Plia pila poli i 4 10 ahra Abra Tiam in egypt P 11 designed I 1 to represent tho the pillars of heaven n as va by tile tiie I 1 ovi syi 11 sekni xin sin yin eppins ex pina pins or liia tile firmament over jurhad ou rhad 86 gutia ibis ali vy fw lathin li thyn thin to tl this egyptians meant it I 0 o signify Shai iman U lift ur ti rf rn to tho the ile lle rew word A AJ I 1 i r A translation wn of so sone sow ne ancient records that luide have fallen into our hands froni from oie the cf of agypt egypt purporting t 0 if he gs 0 temie he mas was in egypt railed called ae book jook cf of 4 IS 5 a an written by hig ins oun kun oun band hand lyo lys i papyrus jiin 1 1 6 07 02 f 1 i 1 11 3 1 vil vii lilam nl AM 1 in the tiie hild of ads ChiU aun aan ul ut dhe the ua ne ofay fath oath 1 clial filat i it t lyas ya reel ful for lle ile lie 1110 to ortila another pw 0 o 6 roi 1 4 ct and finding ad rp rpt apt t j fur or me I 1 sought for edmo tie tle lia of til tio tim fati fali irs and the tho ta khz whereunto I 1 ifould ioto loto 1 ordal nd d to u the tha 3 of or viesa ri rinau nin niu aiso alao to be one who possessed great knowledge and to be a greater fo lower of righteousness and to possess greater knowledge atio atlo ja atia it to be I 1 a f olih ith lih er of many nations a lir fir krince prince itice of il peace ice www an desiring siring t to receive instructions and ad to beep commandments of god I 1 became a ri rightful heir a high priest holding the right belon linto ginto time timm fathers Fat fut liers it was conferred upon me tile from the fathers it came down from tl the I 1 a Fat Fa fathers liers theys from the beginning of time yea even from tile the beginning or before tile the foundations of the earth to the present time even the right of the fist born on oil the first maii mail who wiio is adam pr or first father through the fitt father heri herk s unto me 21 2 I 1 sought for mine appointment unto the Prist priesthood hood ace according to the appointment of god unto the fathers concerning thY seed my gathers fathers having biving turned from their righteousness und and from the commandments which the lord their god had given unto them unto the worshipping wor vor shipping of op the tha gods of the th heathens heathers he athens utterly refused to hearken to my voice for their hearts wera were set to do evil and were wholly turned to the god of elvenah El kenah and the god of Li libnah briah and tile the god of and the god of korash and tile the god of pharaoh king of egypt E pt therefore fore tore they til turned tried their hearts to tile tiie til asatri ilce lice 0 f til ill the a I 1 heathen iea lea then in offering up their chitren unto their dumb idols abid hearkened not unto my voice but endeavored to fake take away my lire life by the hand of the priest of elvenah El kenah the priest ot of elvenah was also the priest of pharaoh 3 now at his this time lime it was the custom of the priest of pharaoh the king of egypt to offer up up upon 0 a the altar which was built lil in ili the land lahd of chaldea for the tho offering unto these strange gods both men women wo and children and it t came to pass that the priest made arr an offering oft ering un god of pharaoh and also unto the god of sha greel even after the manner of or the egyptian egyptians now the god ot of Sh Sha greel was the sun even the tho thank offering of a child did tile the priest of pharaoh offer upon the altar which sod stood by the hill called Poti phars phara if hill ill lil at the head of the plain now this priest had offered upon this altar three virgins at one time who were the daughters of bidtah one of the tile royal descent directly from the loins of ham these virgins were offered up because of their virtue they would not ilot bow oin oen to worship gods of or wood or of stone therefore they were killed upon this allar altar and it was done after the manner of tile the egyptians 4 and ft it came to pass that the priests laid violence upon me that hat they might slay me also althey as they did those virgins upon this altar and that you might have a knowledge of this altar I 1 will refer you to the representation at tho the commencement men cement of this record it was made after the formoe form of a bedstead such euch as was had among the Chal Clial deans and it stood before the gods ol 01 El kenah labna korash and also a god like unto that of pharaoh king of egypt that you may have an understanding of or these gods I 1 have given you the fashion of them in the figures at tile the beginning which manner of the figures is 13 called by tile the Chaldea Chal ohal deans us Rahle enos which 1 I 1 signifies si hieroglyphics i 15 5 and ad as they lifted up their hand upon me that ilik they mi liht bt offer me up and take away my ilfe life behold beloid I 1 lifted up my voice unto the lord my god and the lord hearkened and arid heard and lie he filled me with a iii tir vision of the tile almighty almi aimi lity city and arid the A angel augel I 1 of his bis lire presence sence stood by me and immediately un loosed rny my bands and jils voice was unto me aarm Abr arii arri 1 behold idy lay name I 1 is JEHOVA jenova JEHOVAH 11 and I 1 have heard beard thee and arid have haq come down to deliver thee and to take taki thee away t ciway from thy tily fathers house bouse and from front all thy kinfolks kin folks intha strange stange land which thou not of or and this because they have turned their hearts away from me to worship the god of El kenah konah and the god of libnah and arid the god of and nd the god of korash and arid the gad of pharaoh king of egypt therefore I 1 have llave come down to visit t them fiem und and nd to destroy him bim who hath lifted up his bis hand against aliee thee abram my son to take away dilay thy life behold I 1 will lead thee by my hand and awill take thee to put upon the my name even the priesthood of thy father and my power shall shail be over v th then thee I 1 as it was with noah noali so shall shail it if be with thyi itt bat but through thy ministry my bams name shall be k i jovn in I 1 ll 11 the earth forever for I 1 am althy athy god 6 G behold Poti phars hill was wa in ili the land of ur of chalden a and arid the lord broke down the altar of Elk eik elvenah El kenah enal and of the gods of the land and alj utterly destroyed drs troyed them thern and smote the priest that lie he died and there allf re was wals great mourning ili in chaldea and arid also in the court of pharaoh abich pharaoh signifies KI kingbay ilg by royal blood now ahn king of egypt a delseen descendant dant from the loins of ham will and wasa was a partaker of the he blood bood of the iirth birth birth from tili till descent sprang jah 1 and thus the the tho blood of the was preserve din the land 7 the land of egypt being first di covered discovered by a woman who was wes the dau daughter ahter of ham and tile the daughter op or Egypt us which in a the chaldean sli ili n unifies fies ties egypt which signifies that which is formilan milen for forbidden when this woman discovered the and ind jowas etwas under water who afterwards wards settled her sous sons in it and thus from ham sprang that race which preserved lle ile lie the curse in the la I 1 did dmd ild rid now the first government of was established by b y pharaoh the eldest son of Egypt elystus us the daughter of ham a I 1 fd d it was after the tile manner of the go government v of ham which was patriarchal pharaoh being a righteous cus man established his kingdom and judged his people wisely and justly all his I 1 days seeking earnestly to amit imitate te that order eata cata established hy by the fathers in ili tile tiie first generations in the days of the first patriarchal re reign i 9 even in in tha the reign of adam and also no noah his father who blessed him with the blessings of the earth and the blessings of wisdom but cursed him as pertaining to the tile priesthood B now pharaoh being of or that linea lineage a by which lie he could not have havo the right of priesthood the pharaohs Phara would fain claim I 1 it from noah through through ham therefore my father vas vas led away alvay by theira la u ah 11 n 1 deavet de delvo ivo hereafter to ded del 1 e thi tri 10 c h too top ojo tu n ning bick from Flo the a beginning begin nin of the creation creati oll oli for the ilia record records shave a come int into mf hands which I 1 hold hole othu present time 9 now after the priest of Elke elvenah was 69 s smitten it that hedded he died there came a fulfillment fulfilment oft off of hose those things which were said paid unto concerning me cernin tile the land of Ch chaide alde aide that there should baa a at famine ili in tho tile the land accordingly Accor Jingly a famine pre prevailed throughout all the land of chaldea and my father was as borely tormented because of the tile fan famine gine and he be rep repeated ered of the evil which he had bad determined against meto me to take away mv my ilfe life but the records of the fathers even the patriarchs concerning the right of priesthood the athe lord iny rny bod preserved in mine own hands there forea knowledge of tile the of tile the creation andallo and also aiso of the planets and of the stars as they were made known unto the tho fathers in ave I 1 kept even eten unto this day and I 1 shall endeavor to write some come of thesa tuines upon this record for th the tho 0 benefit of my in y posterity ost erity that thai shall come after me is 10 now the lord god caused the famine to wax sore in the arld auld land arid or ur insomuch that hurab my brother died but terah my father oather yet et lived in the tho land of ur of the Clial Chal dees deer and it cariie came to pass that L I 1 abraham look sarai to wife and my brother took nii ali milcah icah to wife who were ere thai daughters of harall haran now tile the lord faid unto rne me abram abrain get thee butof thy country and from thy kindred und from thy fathers house unto u talla talia flint I 1 will s how show thee There fd re I 1 left the land of ur of the Chal dees td to go unto the land of canaan and I 1 took tooh lot my brothers son and arid bis his wife and sarai my wife wire and also my i father followed after me anlo tile the land which we denominated har liar n and the famine fa in 1 ne abated ata ala ard ara my father tarried in ili H haran a ran and dwelt there ag hj there were many many flocks in haran and my father turned again unto therefore lie lle continued in haran naran 11 buti dav 1 abram Abr amand arid arld lot my brothers son prayed un otlie lord alid arid the lord appeared u unto n me and said unto me arise and take lake lot 1 selth vilh thee for I 1 have purposed to take thee away out of haran and to make of thea theft a minister to bear my name in a strange land which I 1 will give giva unto thy seed aftel after thee arr for an everlasting possession when they hearken to mv voice for I 1 am the lord thy god I 1 dwell in heaven beav the earth is my footstool I 1 my hand over the sea andt obeys my voice I 1 cause tile the wind and the fire to be my chariot I 1 say to 16 tile tiie mountains depart hence and arid behold bahola they are taken away by a whirlwind in an pill it instant imant suddenly my aly name is jehovah Jel jei lovah tovah arid and I 1 know the he end from lie the t beginning therefore my hand shall be over thee and I 1 will make of thee a great nation and I 1 will bless bess thee above mea measure sure ture and make thy name great among all nations na timis and thou shail shall be a blessing unto thy seed after thee that eliat in ili their hands they shall bear this ministry and priesthood unto all nations and I 1 vill bless them through thy nami name for or ai as many us as receive this gospel shall be calleb after thy name and shall shail ba be accounted thy and arid shall rise up and bless thee as unto thel their father and I 1 will blesin fier that bless thee and curse them that xii ir the tee and iii i a thee that is in n thy priesthood an in thy seed bilat that is thy priesthood for 1 give unto cheo thee a lise fise that chah this right shall continued conti nuen thee ibee ive lVe and and seed after thee bates thatis hates wio llo to b I 1 h f seea eed oy r the rl seed of the tho body 10 iani ies les of tile tiie earth be blessed evel with the blessings of Q th gospel which jare vare are pre the blessings gs of or shita silia salvation tion tien e even lc 0 f life ilfe I 1 I 1 fe wernal kernal rr ii 12 tow after the lord had withdrawn t w n from speake speaking lo 10 me and withdrawn ids lusiane face from me I 1 said I 1 ih mine mine heart thys thy ervant servant has sou son sought g ht thee earnestly noni have found thee tilou tito LU feud thine angel to deliver me trie flom hom hegoas he Gods of elke El kenah fiah and arid I 1 will do well to hearken unto thy vo ce therefore let jet thy tily stir vant rise up tip and aila depart in ili peace so 1 I abram departed as the lord had said unto me arid and loi lot lot with me arld and 1 labram abram was as sixty arid and two years old oid when nhen I 1 departed out 0 ut of Haran and I 1 lock sarai samal whom I 1 took to wife when I 1 was iu in ur in chaldea Ch ildea and lot my brothers sone son and all our substance that we had gathered and arid tile the souls that tre ire had won in haran harall arid and came forth in the wiy to the land of canaan dud aud dwelt dwelton in tents as we ire camo came in our way therefore eternity wes our covering and our rock and gilr our salvation as n q ve we journeyed from haran by the way of jer bershon s hon shon to come to the land of canaan 13 now 1 I abram abrom built an at altar in the land aJer shon and made an all offering unto the lord and prayed th eliat at the famine might be turned away froni front my father fathers s house that they might not perish p eris b and then we we passed assed from bershon through the land jand and unto the tho aiace of bechem it was situated in of alorth and we had bad already alfeld y come into the borders of the lana latil of the canaan ites and I 1 offered sacrifice there in the plains of joreh alorth and called on the lord devoutly because we had llad already come into the land of this idolatrous nation t |