Alma 9 – 10
I think it interesting that Alma focuses more on having these people remember Lehi than remember Limhi. I also find it interesting to think that as he is telling them that “at some period of time {the Lamanites} will be brought to believe in His word,” the Lamanites were already, through the missions of the sons of Mosiah, being brought to believe in the word of the Lord – in fact that missionary work helped spark the anger among some Lamanites that brought about the destruction of Ammonihah that the wickedness of this people warranted.
When Nephi wrote about the genealogy found on the brass plates he mentioned that Lehi was a descendant of Joseph. That was sufficient to his purposes, but I wondered how we knew that Lehi specifically descended from Manasseh – the answer is that Amulek states that in his sparse genealogy here.
I wonder if the declaration that “therefore I knew concerning these things and yet I would not know” touched the hearts of some others who had not acknowledged the things of god before, perhaps those who had known Amulek as a prosperous and decent man who was not particularly religious.
Alma and Amulek taught in tandem on many occasions while the Lawyers plotted how to ensnare them. When they finally began to play their hand in questioning Amulek – the weaker of the two speakers – he immediately pointed out their purpose and exposed them for their plotting (not that it stopped their questioning).
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