6:1 And now I, Nephi, do not give the genealogy of my fathers in this
part of my record; neither at any time shall I give it after upon these
plates which I am writing; for it is given in the record which has been
kept by my father; wherefore, I do not write it in this work.
6:2 For it sufficeth me to say that we are descendants of Joseph.
6:3 And it mattereth not to me that I am particular to give a full
account of all the things of my father, for they cannot be written upon
these plates, for I desire the room that I may write of the things of
God.
6:4 For the fulness of mine intent is that I may persuade men to come
unto the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,
and be saved.
6:5 Wherefore, the things which are pleasing unto the world I do not
write, but the things which are pleasing unto God and unto those who
are not of the world.
6:6 Wherefore, I shall give commandment unto my seed, that they shall
not occupy these plates with things which are not of worth unto the
children of men.