12  And he desired of Laban the records which were engraven upon the plates of brass, which contained the ^agenealogy of my father.

  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.