Footnotes
The lettering on the various Book of Abraham documents and the Egyptian Alphabet documents went from A through X.
“Schedule of Church Records. Nauvoo 1846,” [1]; “Inventory. Historian’s Office. 4th. April 1855,” [1]; “Historian’s Office Inventory, G. S. L. City March 19, 1858,” [1]; “Historian’s Office Catalogue Book March 1858,” [7], Historian’s Office, Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904, CHL; see also Historian’s Office, Journal, 17 Oct. 1855.
Historian’s Office. Catalogs and Inventories, 1846–1904. CHL. CR 100 130.
Historian’s Office. Journal, 1844–1997. CHL. CR 100 1.
Footnotes
See Fragment of Book of Breathing for Horos–A, between 238 and ca. 153 bc; Rhodes, Hor Book of Breathings, 18; and Coenen, “Ownership and Dating of Certain Joseph Smith Papyri,” 58; see also Book of Abraham and Facsimiles, 1 Mar.–16 May 1842.
Rhodes, Michael D. The Hor Book of Breathings: A Translation and Commentary. Studies in the Book of Abraham, edited by John Gee. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, Brigham Young University, 2002.
Coenen, Marc. “The Ownership and Dating of Certain Joseph Smith Papyri.” In The Joseph Smith Egyptian Papyri: A Complete Edition, P. JS 1–4 and the Hypocephalus of Sheshonq, by Robert K. Ritner, 57–71. Salt Lake City: Smith-Pettit Foundation, 2011.
Book of Abraham Manuscript–C contains additional text and might have been copied from a nonextant leaf of Book of Abraham Manuscript–A.
<M> | Therefore a knowledge of the begining of creation an and also of the planets, and of the stars, as it was made known unto the fathers, have I kept even unto this day.—— |
✦ [16] | And I shall endeaver to write some of these things, upon this reccord, for the benefit of my posterity, that shall come after me |
✦ [17] | Now the Lord God caused the famine to wax soar in the land of E◊ Ur insomuch that Haran my brother died: but Terah my father yet lived in the land of Ur of the chaldees. And it came to pass; that I Abram took sarai to wife, and Nahor my brother took Milcah to wife |
✦ [18] | Who was the daughter of Haron |
✦[19] | Now the Lord had said unto me Abram get the[e] out of thy country, and from thy Kindred and from thy fathers home, unto a land that I will shew thee: Therefore I left the land of Ur of the chaldees to go into the land of canaan; and I took Lot my brothers son, and his wife, and Sarai my wife; and also my father followed after me unto the land which we denominated Haran. And the famine abated, and my father tarried in Haran and dwelt there, as there were many flocks in Haran; And my father turned again unto his idolitry: Therefore he continued in Haran |
Now the Lord had said unto Abram <me> get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindr[ed] and from thy fathers home unto a land that I will shew thee. Therefore I left the land of Ur of the chaldees to go into the land of canaan, and I took Lot my bro son and his wife and sarah my wife and also my father follo[we]d me unto the land which we denominated Haran and the famine abated, and my father tarried in Haran and dwelt there as they <there> were <many> flock in Haran. and my father turned again unto his idolitry Therefore he continued in Haran but <I> Abram and and Lot my brothers son prayed unto the Lord, and the Lord appeared |
This letter was inserted in blue ink in unidentified handwriting.
TEXT: “◊” possibly beginning of “g”.
TEXT: Book of Abraham Manuscript–B has “Haran”. That manuscript also ends at this point; Book of Abraham Manuscript–A copies the next paragraph twice, perhaps indicating that Williams was copying from another version at this point.
TEXT: The repeated paragraph below has “unto Abram <me>”.
TEXT: Or “house”.
TEXT: Or “house”.
TEXT: The paragraph above has “followed after me”.
TEXT: Because there is only one line blank on this page, it seems possible that Williams continued this narrative on another, nonextant leaf. Book of Abraham Manuscript–C continues the narrative.