Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'descendant' occurs 37 times in the standard works.

10 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'descendant' in the standard works and contain 27% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 10:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

 10:2 I am Amulek; I am the son of Giddonah, who was the son of Ishmael, who was a descendant of Aminadi; and it was that same Aminadi who interpreted the writing which was upon the wall of the temple, which was written by the finger of God.

 10:3 And Aminadi was a descendant of Nephi, who was the son of Lehi, who came out of the land of Jerusalem, who was a descendant of Manasseh, who was the son of Joseph who was sold into Egypt by the hands of his brethren.




D&C 68:18-20 (3 in 3 verses)

D&C 107:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 107:69-70 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 0 0
NT 0 0 0
BM 24 11 35
DC 12 3 15
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 37 14 51

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