Nephi, son of Lehi

Father

Lehi

Mother

Sariah

Wife

Daughter of Ishmael

Children

Prominent Descendant

Mormon

• 1 Nephi

Son of Lehi

Lived in Jerusalem

• 1 Nephi 16:7

And it came to pass that I, Nephi, took one of the daughters of Ishmael to wife; and also, my brethren took of the daughters of Ishmael to wife; and also Zoram took the eldest daughter of Ishmael to wife.

• 2 Nephi

• Jacob 1:9-12

The death of Nephi.

All future kings are also called Nephi as a kind of king-name, and this may not be the name they were given by their parents.

• Alma 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.

• John W. Welch, Melvin J. Thorne, "Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s", Ch. 1, Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999

The name, Nephi, appears to be of Egyptian origin. Most likely it is a form of Nfr (good) or Nfw (captain).

• The Brass Plates
• Jerusalem
• Laban
• Laman
• Liahona
• Nephi (Name)
• Nephites
• The Plates of Nephi
• Reformed Egyptian
• The Sword of Laban