When to Receive Your Patriarchal Blessing

Scripture citations

1. Abraham 2:10

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   As you receive a declaration of lineage, you will come to know that you are of the house of Israel and the seed of Abraham.

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2. 3 Nephi 20:25

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   As members of the Church, we are children of the covenant.

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3. Genesis 17:5

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   “His posterity would be numerous (see Genesis 17:5–6; Abraham 2:9; 3:14).

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4. Abraham 2:9

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   “His posterity would be numerous (see Genesis 17:5–6; Abraham 2:9; 3:14).

   Alludes to High confidence

5. Abraham 3:14

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   “His posterity would be numerous (see Genesis 17:5–6; Abraham 2:9; 3:14).

   Alludes to High confidence

6. Abraham 2:11

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   “Through the ministry of his seed, ‘all the families of the earth [would] be blessed, even with the blessings of the Gospel, which are the blessings of salvation, even of life eternal’ (Abraham 2:11).”

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1. Jesus the Christ

   Chapter 4: The Antemortal Godship of Christ

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   • Genesis 17:5

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     Names Given of God.—The significance of names when given of God finds illustration in many scriptural instances.

2. The Articles of Faith

   Article 1

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   • Abraham 2:10

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     Open paragraph (Abraham 2:10)

     Speaking of the house of Israel today, President Joseph Fielding Smith taught: “Every person who embraces the gospel becomes of the house of Israel.