Jacob 1:8

1For behold, it came to pass that fifty and five years had passed

2And he gave me, Jacob, a commandment that I should write upon these

3For he said that the history of his people should be engraven upon

4And if there were preaching which was sacred, or revelation which

5For because of faith and great anxiety, it truly had been made

6And we also had many revelations, and the spirit of much prophecy;

7Wherefore we labored diligently among our people, that we might

8Wherefore, we would to God that we could persuade all men not to

9Now Nephi began to be old, and he saw that he must soon die;

10The people having loved Nephi exceedingly, he having been a great

11Wherefore, the people were desirous to retain in remembrance his

12And it came to pass that Nephi died.

13Now the people which were not Lamanites were Nephites;

14But I, Jacob, shall not hereafter distinguish them by these names,

15And now it came to pass that the people of Nephi, under the reign

16Yea, and they also began to search much gold and silver, and began

17Wherefore I, Jacob, gave unto them these words as I taught them in

18For I, Jacob, and my brother Joseph had been consecrated priests

19And we did magnify our office unto the Lord, taking upon us the