A Dictionary of the Book of Mormon/Joseph (II)

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JOSEPH. The son of the patriarch Jacob, and the ancestor of the Nephites and Lamanites. Lehi was descended from his son Manasseh, and Ishmael from Ephraim. He is referred to with great affection by a number of the Nephite worthies. Lehi quotes (II Nephi, 3,) some very important prophecies of Joseph, which do not appear in the Bible. The Nephites are frequently called, by their teachers, the seed or house of Joseph.