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Abraham 2 Abraham 2:11 “This Right Shall Continue in Thee, and in Thy Seed” President Ezra Taft Benson said: “The responsibility of the seed of Abraham, which we are, is to be missionaries to ‘bear this ministry and Priesthood unto all nations’ (Conference Report, Apr. 1987, 107).
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The Lord Appeared to Abraham Again
1. A vision of God, an angel, and the voice of the Lord while Abraham lay on the altar (Abraham 1:15-19). 2. An appearance of the Lord while Abraham prayed in the land of Haran (Abraham 2:6-11). 3. Another appearance of the Lord in answer to Abraham’s prayer as he entered the land of Canaan (Abraham 2:19). 4. Before Abraham went into Egypt (Abraham 2:22). 5. After he returned from Egypt and settled in the land of Canaan (Genesis 13:14-18).
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6. When he prayed for offspring (Genesis 15).
7. When he was ninety-nine years old (Genesis 17). 8. When he pled for the residents of Sodom (Genesis 18:17-33). 9. Near the time Isaac was born (Genesis 21:12-14). 10. When he was commanded to offer Isaac as a burnt offering (Genesis 22:1-2). 11. At the offering of Isaac on the mount (Genesis 22:6-19).
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“Abraham received all things, whatsoever he received, by revelation and commandment, by my word, saith the Lord, and hath entered into his exaltation and sitteth upon his throne” (Doctrine & Covenants 132:29).
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Abraham 2:24-25 Sarai’s Obedience
Whatever the Lord commands a person to do is right and must be obeyed (Teachings, 256). Mark E. Petersen wrote: “To protect himself, Abraham had told Pharaoh that Sarah was his sister, which of course she was. Had he divulged that she was his wife, he might have been slain. But as his sister, Pharaoh was willing to buy her at a good price” (Abraham, Friend of God, 69, Gen. 20:12).
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Elder Bruce R. McConkie explained:
“The Lord never sends apostles and prophets and righteous men to minister to his people without placing women of like spiritual stature at their sides. The exaltation of the one is dependent upon that of the other” (Doctrinal New Testament Commentary, 3:302).
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