2 Nephi 3
Joseph Smith was of the lineage of Joseph the son of Israel but I am confident that he got that lineage not from some native American pedigree but from his European ancestry. The seed of Joseph could potentially be found virtually anywhere on earth considering how long and how many times they have been scattered. The seed of Lehi kept a record, thus fulfilling the prophecy that the fruit of Joseph’s loins should write and another branch of the seed of Joseph were progenitors to Joseph Smith thus fulfilling the prophecy concerning the choice seer who should bring forth the writings of the fruit of the loins of Joseph.
I wonder if Nephi, when hearing this, immediately recognized that his writing and the writing of his seed would be the fulfillment of that prophecy made by Joseph.
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