Third Nephi the Book of Nephi the Son of Nephi, Who Was the Son of Helaman
Nephi Transfers Records to Son Nephi Event 149
Reference: 3 Ne. 1:1-3
And Helaman was the son of Helaman, who was the son ofAlma, who was the son of Alma, being a descendant of Nephiwho was the son of Lehi, who came out of Jerusalem in thefirst year of the reign of Zedekiah, the king of Judah.NOW it came to pass that the ninety and first year hadpassed away and it was six hundred years from the time thatLehi left Jerusalem; and it was in the year that Lachoneuswas the chief judge and the governor over the land. 2 AndNephi, the son of Helaman, had departed out of the land ofZarahemla, giving charge unto his son Nephi, who was hiseldest son, concerning the plates of brass, and all therecords which had been kept, and all those things which hadbeen kept sacred from the departure of Lehi out ofJerusalem. 3 Then he departed out of the land, and whitherhe went, no man knoweth; and his son Nephi did keep therecords in his stead, yea, the record of this people.MormonNephite landsnear land ofZarahemla1 B.C.