Did Father Lehi Have Daughters Who Married the Sons of Ishmael?

Authors

Sidney B. Sperry

Keywords

Book of Mormon Books, 1 Nephi, Book of Mormon, Books, 2 Nephi, Lehi, Nephi

Abstract

Although the beginning of Nephi’s record only mentions sons, Joseph Smith says the record of Lehi in the 116 missing manuscript pages refers to at least two of Ishmael’s sons marrying Lehi’s daughters. Nephi himself mentions his sisters at the end of his record. As no mention is made of further births to Lehi and Sariah after Jacob and Joseph, the assumption can be made that these sisters are the daughters who married Ishmael’s sons.

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Sperry, Sidney B. (1995) "Did Father Lehi Have Daughters Who Married the Sons of Ishmael?," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies: Vol. 4: No. 1, Article 26.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jbms/vol4/iss1/26