Extracts from the Pearl of Great Price and Inspired Translation of
Genesis--Record of Moses regarding Adam, Enoch, Noah, Abraham and
Joseph, and of their faith in the Coming of the Savior.
We shall now introduce some extracts from the Pearl of Great Price and
the Inspired Translation of the Book of Genesis, which replace some of
those parts, "plain and most precious," which are said to have been
taken from the version of the Holy Scriptures known as King James' or
the authorized version. These extracts are taken from the revelations
and writings of the Prophet Joseph Smith.
"And God spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, I am the Lord God Almighty,
and Endless is my name; for I am without beginning of days or end of
years; and is not this Endless? And, behold, thou art my son;
wherefore look, and I will show thee the workmanship of mine hands,
but not all; for my works are without end, and also my words; for they
never cease; wherefore, no man can behold all my works, except he
behold all my glory; and no man can behold all my glory, and
afterwards remain in the 'flesh on the earth. And I have a work for
thee, Moses, my son; and thou art in the similitude of mine Only
Begotten; and my Only Begotten is and shall be the Savior, for he is
full of grace and truth; but there is no God beside me, and all things
are present with me, for I know them all."--Pearl of Great Price.
"And in that day the Holy Ghost fell upon Adam, which beareth record
of the Father and the Son, saying, I am the Only Begotten of the
Father from the beginning, henceforth and for ever, that as thou hast
fallen thou mayest be redeemed; and all mankind, even as many as
will."--Ibid.
"But God hath made known unto our fathers that all men must repent.
And he called upon our father Adam by his own voice, saying, I am God:
I made the world, and men before they were in the flesh. And he also
said unto him, If thou wilt turn unto me, and hearken unto my voice,
and believe, and repent of all thy transgressions, and be baptized,
even in water, in the name of mine Only Begotten Son, who is full of
grace and truth, which is Jesus Christ, the only name which shall be
given under heaven, whereby salvation shall come unto the children of
men, ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, asking all things in
his name, and whatsoever ye shall ask, it shall be given you. And our
father Adam spake unto the Lord, and said, Why is it that men must
repent and be baptized in water? And the Lord said unto Adam, Behold,
I have forgiven thee thy transgression in the Garden of Eden. Hence
came the saying abroad among the people, That the Son of God hath
atoned for original guilt, wherein the sins of the parents cannot be
answered upon the heads of the children, for they are whole from the
foundation of the world."--Ibid.
"Wherefore teach it unto your children, that all men, everywhere, must
repent, or they can in no wise inherit the kingdom of God, for no
unclean thing can dwell there, or dwell in his presence; for, in the
language of Adam, Man of Holiness is his name; and the name of his
Only Begotten, is the Son of Man, even Jesus Christ, a righteous Judge
who shall come in the meridian of time. Therefore I give unto you a
commandment, to teach these things freely unto your children, saying,
That by reason of transgression cometh the fall, which fall bringeth
death, and inasmuch as ye were born into the world by water, and
blood, and the spirit, which I have made, and so became of dust a
living soul, even so ye must be born again into the kingdom of heaven,
of water, and of the Spirit, and be cleansed by blood, even the blood
of mine Only Begotten; that ye might be sanctified from all sin, and
enjoy the words of eternal life in this world, and eternal life in the
world to come, even immortal glory: For by the water ye keep the
commandment; by the Spirit ye are justified, and by the blood ye are
sanctified; therefore it is given to abide in you; the record of
heaven; the Comforter; the peaceable things of immortal glory; the
truth of all things; that which quickeneth all things, which maketh
alive all things; that which knoweth all things, and hath all power,
according to wisdom, mercy, truth, justice, and judgment. And now,
behold, I say unto you, This is the plan of salvation unto all men,
through the blood of mine Only Begotten, who shall come in the
meridian of time."--Ibid.
"And he gave unto me [Enoch] a commandment that I should baptize in
the name of the Father, and of the Son, who is full of grace and
truth, and the Holy Ghost, which beareth record of the' Father and the
Son."--Ibid.
"And behold, Enoch saw the day of the coming of the Son of Man, even
in the flesh; and his soul rejoiced, saying, The Righteous is lifted
up, and the Lamb is slain from the foundation of the world; and
through faith I am in the bosom of the Father, and behold, Zion is
with me!"--Ibid.
"And great tribulations shall be among the children of men, but my
people will I preserve; and righteousness will I send down out of
heaven; and truth will I send forth out of the earth, to bear
testimony of mine Only Begotten; his resurrection from the dead; yea,
and also the resurrection of all men."--Ibid.
"And it came to pass that Noah continued his preaching unto the
people, saying, Hearken, and give heed unto my words; believe and
repent of your sins, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, the
Son of God, even as our fathers did, and ye shall receive the Holy
Ghost, that ye may have all things made manifest; and if ye do not
this, the floods will come in upon you."--Ibid.
"And if thou shalt die, yet thou shalt possess it [the land of
Canaan], for the day cometh, that the Son of Man shall live; but how
can he live, if he be not dead? He must first be quickened. And it
came to pass that Abram looked forth and saw the days of the Son of
Man, and was glad, and his soul found rest, and he believed in the
Lord; and the Lord counted it unto him for righteousness."--Inspired
Translation, Gen., xv, 11, 12.
"The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between
his feet, until Shiloh come: and unto him shall the gathering of the
people be."--Gen., xlix, 10.
"The Lord hath visited me [Joseph], and I have obtained a promise of
the Lord, that out of the fruit of my loins the Lord will raise up a
righteous branch out of my loins; and unto thee, whom my father Jacob
hath named Israel, a prophet; (not the Messiah who is called Shiloh;)
and this prophet shall deliver my people out of Egypt in the days of
thy bondage. And it shall come to pass that they shall be scattered
again; and a branch shall be broken off, and shall be carried into a
far country; nevertheless, they shall be remembered in the covenants
of the Lord, when the Messiah cometh; for he shall be made manifest
unto them in the latter days, in the spirit of power, and shall bring
them out of darkness into light; out of hidden darkness, and out of
captivity unto freedom."--Inspired Translation, Gen., 1, 24, 25.