Comments on: What about the Samites?

By: Bull Moose

Bull Moose — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:31:28 +0000

Another interesting thing about the way the blessing is recorded by Nephi is that Sam, a lineal descendant of Lehi received his blessing after Lehi spoke to the sons of Ishmael, and even all his [Ishmael] household.

Not only was he counted with Nephi's lineage, but he was at the tail end of the blessings, NTTAWWT.

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:50:19 +0000

Or specifically, JimD, that it was a blessing to be numbered with Nephi. Lehi doesn’t even say why Sam received this blessing.

By: JimD

JimD — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:43:07 +0000

Now that I think about it, it seems kind of odd, in light of our focus on families and the promises made in the temple, that it would be considered a blessing for Sam not to have a specific group of people tracing their ancestry back to him.

I dunno. Here's a more controversial idea: maybe Sam only had daughters.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:40:57 +0000

May Sam really wasn’t the ‘leader’ type….and hated being in the lime light…

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:02:37 +0000

Interesting.

By: Mary Siever

Mary Siever — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:37:43 +0000

Yes, exactly that.

By: JimD

JimD — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:33:26 +0000

“And after he [Lehi] had made an end of speaking unto them, he spake unto Sam, saying: Blessed art thou, and thy seed; for thou shalt inherit the land like unto thy brother Nephi. And thy seed shall be numbered with his seed; and thou shalt be even like unto thy brother, and thy seed like unto his seed; and thou shalt be blessed in all thy days.”

2 Nephi 4:11