3  For behold, Laban hath the record of the Jews and also a ^agenealogy of my forefathers, and they are engraven upon plates of brass.

  14  And it came to pass that my father, Lehi, also found upon the plates of brass a ^bgenealogy of his fathers; wherefore he knew that he was a descendant of Joseph; yea, even that Joseph who was the son of Jacob, who was sold into Egypt, and who was preserved by the hand of the Lord, that he might preserve his father, Jacob, and all his household from perishing with famine.

  1  Now behold, I, Jarom, write a few words according to the commandment of my father, Enos, that our ^agenealogy may be kept.