Ether 1

1And now I, Moroni, proceed to give an account of those ancient inhabitants who were destroyed by the hand of the Lord upon the face of this north country.

2And I take mine account from the twenty and four plates which were found by the people of Limhi, which is called the Book of Ether.

3And as I suppose that the first part of this record, which speaks concerning the creation of the world, and also of Adam, and an account from that time even to the great tower, and whatsoever things transpired among the children of men until that time, is had among the Jews—

4Therefore I do not write those things which transpired from the days of Adam until that time; but they are had upon the plates; and whoso findeth them, the same will have power that he may get the full account.

5But behold, I give not the full account, but a part of the account I give, from the tower down until they were destroyed.

6And on this wise do I give the account. He that wrote this record was Ether, and he was a descendant of Coriantor.

7Coriantor was the son of Moron.

8And Moron was the son of Ethem.

9And Ethem was the son of Ahah.

10And Ahah was the son of Seth.

11And Seth was the son of Shiblon.

12And Shiblon was the son of Com.

13And Com was the son of Coriantum.

14And Coriantum was the son of Amnigaddah.

15And Amnigaddah was the son of Aaron.

16And Aaron was a descendant of Heth, who was the son of Hearthom.

17And Hearthom was the son of Lib.

18And Lib was the son of Kish.

19And Kish was the son of Corom.

20And Corom was the son of Levi.

21And Levi was the son of Kim.

22And Kim was the son of Morianton.

23And Morianton was a descendant of Riplakish.

24And Riplakish was the son of Shez.

25And Shez was the son of Heth.

26And Heth was the son of Com.

27And Com was the son of Coriantum.

28And Coriantum was the son of Emer.

29And Emer was the son of Omer.

30And Omer was the son of Shule.

31And Shule was the son of Kib.

32And Kib was the son of Orihah, who was the son of Jared;

33Which Jared came forth with his brother and their families, with some others and their families, from the great tower, at the time the Lord confounded the language of the people, and swore in his wrath that they should be scattered upon all the face of the earth; and according to the word of the Lord the people were scattered.

34And the brother of Jared being a large and mighty man, and a man highly favored of the Lord, Jared, his brother, said unto him: Cry unto the Lord, that he will not confound us that we may not understand our words.

35And it came to pass that the brother of Jared did cry unto the Lord, and the Lord had compassion upon Jared; therefore he did not confound the language of Jared; and Jared and his brother were not confounded.

36Then Jared said unto his brother: Cry again unto the Lord, and it may be that he will turn away his anger from them who are our friends, that he confound not their language.

37And it came to pass that the brother of Jared did cry unto the Lord, and the Lord had compassion upon their friends and their families also, that they were not confounded.

38And it came to pass that Jared spake again unto his brother, saying: Go and inquire of the Lord whether he will drive us out of the land, and if he will drive us out of the land, cry unto him whither we shall go. And who knoweth but the Lord will carry us forth into a land which is choice above all the earth? And if it so be, let us be faithful unto the Lord, that we may receive it for our inheritance.

39And it came to pass that the brother of Jared did cry unto the Lord according to that which had been spoken by the mouth of Jared.

40And it came to pass that the Lord did hear the brother of Jared, and had compassion upon him, and said unto him:

41Go to and gather together thy flocks, both male and female, of every kind; and also of the seed of the earth of every kind; and thy families; and also Jared thy brother and his family; and also thy friends and their families, and the friends of Jared and their families.

42And when thou hast done this thou shalt go at the head of them down into the valley which is northward. And there will I meet thee, and I will go before thee into a land which is choice above all the lands of the earth.

43And there will I bless thee and thy seed, and raise up unto me of thy seed, and of the seed of thy brother, and they who shall go with thee, a great nation. And there shall be none greater than the nation which I will raise up unto me of thy seed, upon all the face of the earth. And thus I will do unto thee because this long time ye have cried unto me.