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== Questions == | == Questions == | ||
| + | * What does it mean that Adam "glorified the name of God" (vs. 2)? Is this different from giving thanks to God? | ||
* What does it mean that "these men" began to call upon the name of the Lord after Enos was born (vs. 4)? Didn't Adam and Seth call upon the name of the Lord before that? What is different about their calling upon the name of the Lord here? | * What does it mean that "these men" began to call upon the name of the Lord after Enos was born (vs. 4)? Didn't Adam and Seth call upon the name of the Lord before that? What is different about their calling upon the name of the Lord here? | ||
* What does it mean to "call upon the name of the Lord" (vs.4)? Is this different from just praying? | * What does it mean to "call upon the name of the Lord" (vs.4)? Is this different from just praying? | ||
* What is "the which" recorded in the book of remembrance (vs. 5)? Would it be the blessings of the Lord mentioned in vs. 4? | * What is "the which" recorded in the book of remembrance (vs. 5)? Would it be the blessings of the Lord mentioned in vs. 4? | ||
| + | * What is the relationship between calling upon God and writing "by the spirit of inspiration" (vs. 5)? | ||
== Lexical notes == | == Lexical notes == | ||
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Questions
- What does it mean that Adam "glorified the name of God" (vs. 2)? Is this different from giving thanks to God?
- What does it mean that "these men" began to call upon the name of the Lord after Enos was born (vs. 4)? Didn't Adam and Seth call upon the name of the Lord before that? What is different about their calling upon the name of the Lord here?
- What does it mean to "call upon the name of the Lord" (vs.4)? Is this different from just praying?
- What is "the which" recorded in the book of remembrance (vs. 5)? Would it be the blessings of the Lord mentioned in vs. 4?
- What is the relationship between calling upon God and writing "by the spirit of inspiration" (vs. 5)?
Lexical notes
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Exegesis
Verse 2
Adam's language might be read to suggest that Abel had been an "appointed seed," through whom Adam was to have posterity alive at the Second Coming of Christ (see D&C 107:42). How this should be read in terms of Moses 5 is not entirely clear, however.
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