Mary Whitmer may also have seen Moroni, although she referred to the angel she saw as " Brother Nephi.

The Book of Omni is notable also for being the last of the books contained on the Small Plates of Nephi, one of two major divisions of the gold plates which Joseph Smith, Jr. translated to obtain the Book of Mormon.

Nephi begins to see wars and rumors of wars taking place in the future, and also other events.

Nephi also expounds on the doctrine that all prophets teach of Christ by quoting Isaiah and other prophets.

Nephi also teaches that through faith, the impossible can be done.

Nephi also prophesies concerning the future of the American continent.

Besides the persecution of the saints, Nephi sees that people who comprise the great and abominable church among the Gentiles would also be involved with taking " away from the gospel of the Lamb many parts which are plain and most precious ; and also many covenants of the Lord have they taken away.

In this passage, he also records what is known as " the Psalm of Nephi ", where he pleads for the Lord to forgive his weaknesses, make him strong so he can conquer his enemies, and redeem his soul.

Nephi also begins arming his people using the sword that Laban had as a model for production.

Zeniff also says that the Lamanites felt that they were wronged by Nephi, and thus swore vengeance against his descendants:

Lehi's son, Nephi, is also shown the vision sometime later.

The fruit is also described in 1 Nephi 15: 36 as being " the greatest of all the gifts of God ", and in Doctrine and Covenants 6: 13 and Doctrine and Covenants 14: 7, salvation and eternal life are described as being " the greatest of all the gifts of God ".

The Book of Mormon prophet Nephi also emphasizes that after the law of Moses was " fulfilled in Christ ," the Nephites " need not harden their hearts against him when the law ought to be done away ," understanding that the law of Moses would be fulfilled through Christ's atonement and resurrection, as He also taught.

Nephi also saw and recorded details of the birth, life, and crucifixion of Jesus Christ – the first such relation to occur in the text of the Book of Mormon.

Nephi also recorded his thoughts on his own inadequacy as a disciple of Christ in what is regarded as some of the most beautiful prose in the Book of Mormon.

Nephi is also used as a personal name amongst contemporary Latter-day Saints.

Mormon states that he took his account primarily from the large plates of Nephi, but he also included the unabridged, small plates of Nephi.

This period also produced what may have been the single most successful work of LDS fiction to date, the novel Added Upon by Nephi Anderson.

He later prophesied ( Book of Mormon, 2 Nephi 3 ) that a latter-day Joseph, son of Joseph, who would also be a descendant of the house of Joseph, would do a great work that would be a blessing to Lehi's descendants.

In the Book of Mormon, the land of Lehi-Nephi () ( also referred to as the land of Nephi ) is the homeland of the Nephites in the early times of the Book of Mormon.

Be it known unto all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people, unto whom this work shall come: That we, through the grace of God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, have seen the plates which contain this record, which is a record of the people of Nephi, and also of the Lamanites, his brethren, and also of the people of Jared, who came from the tower of which hath been spoken.

Lehi's son, Nephi, mentions having sisters in his writings ; their names and birth order is unknown.

Such works must be motivated by love for Jesus Christ and others, not focused on appearances for the sake of pride or trusting in the " arm of flesh " ( 2 Nephi 4: 34 ), but focused on Christ's grace and His power to change men's hearts as they look upon Him " with faith, having a contrite spirit.

Thus, rather than having the sense " against ", it may have the meaning " the one of Nephi and Lehi ".

Seeing that the people had repented, Nephi obliged and in 76 ROJ ( 16 BC ) the famine was lifted and the people rejoiced, praised God and they esteemed Nephi " as a great prophet, and a man of God, having great power and authority given unto him from God.

Through their preaching, however, " Nephi and Lehi, and many of their brethren who knew concerning the true points of doctrine, having many revelations daily ", were able to resolve the disputes.

A large portion of the people were descendants of Nephi, Zoram, Sam, Jacob, Joseph, Nephi ’ s sisters, and others who had separated themselves from the Lamanites five hundred years earlier.

" Latter-day Saints believe that the Bible lost some of its originally intended meaning and doctrine as spoken by the ancient prophets and apostles because of this taking away of plain and precious truths by some Gentile teachers and compilers soon after the death of the apostles, though the Bible remained an important source of truth as attested by Nephi.

Some Mormon scholars have proposed that the name Nephi is related to the Hebrew word nephesh ( נ ֶ פ ֶ ש ), which literally means the " complete life of a being " though it is usually used in the sense of " living being " ( breathing creature ).

Although the Book of Mormon states explicitly that Nephi was the first king of the Nephites (), the word " Nephite " does not seem to be used in a clearly political sense until later.

After 4 Nephi, no mention is made of whether the Nephites used judges or kings.

Limhi tells this group their story and shows the Record of Zeniff, who was the leader of the first group to try to reclaim the land of Nephi.

Much like Mormon ( who may have taken Amaleki as his model ), this last historian of the civilization that lasted for 400 years in the land of Nephi rose to the occasion and, filled with a sense of longing for what has been lost, eloquently recounted the last days of the Nephite people in their ancestral homeland, the land of Nephi.

As had happened previously, the Lord told the king ( who appears to be a spiritual leader as well as a secular leader ) to lead the righteous Nephites out of the land of Nephi, their ancestral home for the previous 400 years, to a new place.

Laman and Lemuel take out their frustration by beating Nephi.

Laman and Lemuel decide to kill Lehi and Nephi, but voice of the Lord speaks many words to them and chastises them severely, causing them to change their minds and repent.

At the pleading of their wives, and for fear of sinking, Laman and Lemuel release Nephi.

For instance, both Lehi and Nephi received their callings by revelation and visions from the Lord.

Nephi sees the persecution of the apostles and their followers by the " house of Israel ", then later sees a " great church " that is, according to the description of the angel, "... most abominable above all other churches, which slayeth the saints of God, yea, and tortureth them and bindeth them down, and yoketh them with a yoke of iron ...".

They call this new place Nephi, choose Nephi to be their king, and call themselves the people of Nephi, or Nephites.

At this time, the people with Laman and Lemuel and others who remained behind had their skin turn dark, as a sign that the people of Nephi are not to mix with them until they repent.

The remainder of Second Nephi is a recording of their ( Jacob's and Nephi's ) teachings and prophecies.

Coupled with the fact that no change in government form is specifically mentioned after 4 Nephi, most assume that the Nephites continued to use judges until their destruction in c. 385 AD.

: And thus they have taught their children that they should hate them, and that they should murder them, and that they should rob and plunder them, and do all they could to destroy them ; therefore they have an eternal hatred towards the children of Nephi.

In Second Nephi chapter 5, the original wording was: " Because of their unbelief, the Lamanites are cursed, receive a skin of blackness, and become a scourge unto the Nephites.

The vision is thus interpreted to mean that those who go through their earthly life holding fast to the gospel of Jesus Christ ( represented by an iron rod leading through a mist of blackness, 1 Nephi 8: 19-24 ) will be able to be redeemed through the grace of God and achieve salvation and eternal life.

The section of the Book of Alma beginning at chapter 45 states that it is, " The account of the people of Nephi, and their wars and dissensions, in the days of Helaman, according to the record of Helaman, which he kept in his days.

In the first book of the Book of Mormon, First Nephi, Lehi and Nephi lead their family out of Jerusalem, and across the sea to the " promised land " ( the Americas ).

The Book of Mormon relates that during his family's journey to the Americas and before his death, Lehi gave important teachings to his children and their posterity that were recorded by Nephi on metallic plates that were later used in compiling the Book of Mormon.