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THE BOOK OF
OMNI
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Behold, it came to pass that I, Omni, being com-
manded by my father Jarom, that I should write some-
what upon these plates to preserve our genealogy,
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Wherefore in my days, I would that ye should know
that I fought much with the sword to preserve
my people the Nephites from falling into
the hands of their enemies, the Lamanites.
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But behold, I, of myself, am a wicked man and I have
not kept the statutes and the commandments
of the Lord as I ought to have done.
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And it came to pass that two hundred and seventy
and six years had passed away;
And we had many seasons of peace,
And we had many seasons of serious war and bloodshed,
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Yea, and in fine, two hundred and eighty
and two years had passed away;
And I had kept these plates according to the
commandments of my fathers and I
conferred them upon my son Amaron;
And I make an end.
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And now I, Amaron, write the things whatsoever I write,
which are few, in the book of my father;
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Behold, it came to pass that three hundred and twenty
years had passed away and the more wicked
part of the Nephites were destroyed,
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For the Lord would not suffer-after He had led them out
of the Land of Jerusalem and kept and preserved them
from falling into the hands of their enemies-
Yea, He would not suffer that the words should not be
verified which He spake unto our fathers, saying that,
"Inasmuch as ye will not keep My commandments,
ye shall not prosper in the land."
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Wherefore, the Lord did visit them in great judgment;
Nevertheless, He did spare the righteous, that they
should not perish, but did deliver them out
of the hands of their enemies.
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