Figure 6
Chiasmus in 1 Nephi 10-22
(Nephi's Account)
1) Lehi expands on his great vision, detailing prophecies about the Jews and
gentiles (10:1-16).
2) Nephi explains that all men can know the mysteries of God by the power of the
Holy Ghost (10:17-22).
3) Nephi reports the great visions and prophecies given to him (11-14).
4) Overcome by the hardness of his brethren, Nephi interprets the great
vision to his family, rehearsing one of Isaiah's prophecies as support
(15:2-16:5).
5) Lehi takes his family further into the wilderness (16:9-17:6).
6) Nephi builds a ship and records his most complete reply to the
murmuring of his brothers (17:7-18:4).
5') Lehi takes his family across the ocean in the ship (18:5-25).
4') Concerned for those at Jerusalem, Nephi writes for his descendants and
all the house of Israel and explains the ancient prophecies of a Redeemer
(19:3-23).
3') Nephi quotes chapters of a prophecy from Isaiah which parallels portions
of his own great vision (20-21).
2') Nephi explains to his brethren that prophecies are only to be understood by
the same Spirit that also manifested these things to the prophets (22:1-3).
1') Nephi offers a final summary of the prophecies about the Jews and the gentiles,
drawing primarily from the language of the great vision but also from the brass
plates (22:3-28).
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