Lost Chiasmus

The Lost Chiasmus Concerning Joseph Smith presented by Don R. Hender Within the 1830 edition laid this classic bookend Chiasmus of the Prophecy of Joseph of Egypt. On page 67, in the midst of an extra long paragraph comes this bookend chiasmus further set of by two precise 'quote' and 'unquote' phrases. It opens with, "And thus prophesied Joseph, saying: ... " and it ends with, " ... yea, thus prophesied Joseph." Now in the 1835 edition, the ending bookend 'unquote' had been ripped off of the end of the closing sentence completely and removed to the next verse of a versification of the text with the 'yea' capitalized as 'Yea' and the ending [.] period punctuation changed to a comma [,] instead to be included with the following statement which it was never a part of to begin with. And this the Chiasmus was lost to being of recognition. The Chiasmus Prophecy by Joseph of Egypt [as precisely quoted from 1830 Edition] "And thus prophesied Joseph, saying: Be hold, that seer will the Lord bless; and they that seek to destroy him, shall be confounded: for this promise, of which I have obtained of the Lord, of the fruit of thy loins, shall be fulfilled. Behold, I am sure of the fulfilling of this promise. And his name shall be called after me; and it shall be after the name of his father. And he shall be like unto me; for the thing which the Lord shall bring forth by his hand, by the power of the Lord shall bring my people unto salvation; yea, thus prophesied Joseph." ~ 1830 Edition of the Book of Mormon, page 67 As published in 1830 edition, it is clearly set out by the beginning and eding 'qoute - unquote' phrases so structured as a classical bookended chiasmus by the period [.] ending last sentence. Who so changed the matter and by what authority is not clearly given.
A Chiasmic Thought Bookended By "Quotes" (Quote ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Unquote) Altered by the hand of Orson Pratt when the Book of Mormon was divided into scriptural verses and re-chaptered (see below), the first phrase of verse 16 was originally a part of the bookending setoff which pointedly emphasized the following, now verse 14 and 15 and the first phrase of 16, to be a clear, revealing, concise and precise chiasmic thought statement (see chiasmic analysis) quoted from Joseph of Egypt concerning that Joseeph, that is Joseph Smith, who was to rise from his seed in the latter days. Next, here are the chiasmic thoughts that have been lost. They are here connected together. Note how they give fuller depth of meaning and understanding to the mission of Joseph Smith in his latter-day mission and calling.
And Thus Prophesied Joseph Saying: [quote] ~ "Behold, that seer will the Lord bless [and] by that power, of the Lord, [he] shall bring my people unto salvation." ~ "And they that seek to destroy him shall be confounded [by] that [Book of Mormon] the Lord shall bring forth by his hand." ~ "For this promise, which I have obtained of the Lord, 'He shall be like unto me'." ~ "Of the fruit of my loins, his name shall be after me and after the name of his father [Joseph]." ~ "[It] shall be fulfilled, [Be] sure of the fulfilling of this promise." ~ "Behold I AM [saith]." ~ [unqoute] Yea, Thus Prophesied Joseph. [~ A Completion of thought chiasmus (2 Nephi 3:14-16 ~ See original 1830 Book of Mormon).]
As to specific person branch, the Joseph Smith branch is the fifth (5th) such branch identified by the JST Genesis 50 and 2 Nephi 3. Certainly as the promises of the Patriarchs of the Patriarchal Order great. Again this Patriarchal connection is a testimony in and of itself that is it Joseph who is the legal and rightful ancestor to the Messiah. But before we leave this item, rather than making another item, as there are a number of such separate evidence within his current item that to testify that Messiah ben Joseph and Messiah ben David are on and the same and the same Messiah Jesus Christ; there is one more item wished to be named here. Uniquely one of the names of Jesus Christ has been 'encoded' in the name of 'THE BRANCH.' Among such scriptures as found in Isaiah 11:1, Zechariah in a couple of chapters and elsewhere, Jesus is called by the name of 'Branch.' It is just not that of irony that Jesus is so called. It is because Jesus literally is one of the 'Branches' of Joseph the son of Jacob. In fact Jesus stand in the center of the Menorah and the greatest light and most important Branch of the standing Patriarchs of the earth According to the Patriarchal Order. A number of those Patriarchal candidates would include Adam, Noah, Abraham, Joseph, Moses, Jesus Christ and Joseph Smith. Again ironically that numbers 7. Whether these are the 7 Menorah Patriarchs or not, I am not the one that is to authoritatively say, I may but suggest which Father Heads of the Lord's people are. The Evolution of the Hidding of the Chiasmus Below in the four columnar table is set out the evolution of the hidden chiasmus from its first printing in 1830 to the matter of Orson Pratt's versification of the text and then to today's presentation in our LDS scriptures. The final column is the suggest manner in which it should be presented in order to restore and preserve the classical bookended chaismus with it beginning and ending bookended 'quote' and 'unquote' phrases of "And thus prophesied Joseph, saying:..." and "... yea, thus prophesied Joseph."

2 Nephi 3:14-15 (+16)
AS IT WAS IN 1830	PER ORSON PRATT	AS IT IS TODAY	AS IT SHOULD BE
In the original Book of Mormon, the whole of what is now chapter 3 of 2 Nephi was but one continuous paragraph of related thought, Lehi blessing his son Joseph. The section below is only what is considered the critical relative portion of that 'chapter' paragraph. ~ "... And thus prophesied Joseph, saying: Behold, that seer will the Lord bless; and they that seek to destroy him, shall be confounded; for this promise, which I have obtained of the Lord, of the fruit of thy loins, shall be fulfilled. Behold, I am sure of the fulfilling of this promise. And his name shall be called after me; and it shall be after the name of his father. And he shall be like unto me; for the thing which the Lord shall bring forth by his hand, by the power of the Lord shall bring my people unto salvation; yea, thus prophesied Joseph. I am sure of this thing, even as I am sure of the promise of Moses: for the Lord hath said unto me, I will preserve thy seed forever. ..."	Orson Pratt was given a difficult task to perform. Dividing a text differently from what it was, can change meaning. To the best of his ability and understanding Orson Pratt did this and his insights are great and contribute much by his supplied division, but it was subject to error. ~ 14 And thus prophesied Joseph, saying: Behold, that seer will the Lord bless; and they that seek to destroy him, shall be confounded; for this promise, which I have obtained of the Lord, of the fruit of my loins, shall be fulfilled. Behold, I am sure of the fulfilling of this promise. 15 And his name shall be called after me; and it shall be after the name of his father. And he shall be like unto me; for the thing which the Lord shall bring forth by his hand, by the power of the Lord shall bring my people unto salvation; 16 Yea, thus prophesied Joseph, I am sure of this thing, even as I am sure of the promise of Moses; for the Lord hath said unto me, I will preserve thy seed for ever.	Even though today's Book of Mormon strives to be as 'correct' as possible, it remains the result of a compilation. Originally it was not divided into the chapters and verses that exists today, This process of dividing into verses and chapters can inadvertently alter meaning and intent. ~ 14 And thus prophesied Joseph, saying: Behold, that seer will the Lord bless; and they that seek to destroy him shall be confounded; for this promise, which I have obtained of the Lord, of the fruit of my loins, shall be fulfilled. Behold, I am sure of the fulfilling of this promise; 15 And his name shall be called after me; and it shall be after the name of his father. And he shall be like unto me; for the thing, which the Lord shall bring forth by his hand, by the power of the Lord shall bring my people unto salvation. 16 Yea, thus prophesied Joseph: I am sure of this thing, even as I am sure of the promise of Moses; for the Lord hath said unto me, I will preserve thy seed forever.	Verses 14-15"+" is one item of the prophecies of Joseph, 'bookended' by, 'And thus prophesied Joseph, saying:' and 'yea, thus prophesied Joseph.' This 'bookending' sets off this prophecy of Joseph distinctively from what is next testified to by Lehi, in the first person. ~ 14 And thus prophesied Joseph, saying: Behold, that seer will the Lord bless; and they that seek to destroy him shall be confounded; for this promise, which I have obtained of the Lord, of the fruit of my loins, shall be fulfilled. Behold, I am sure of the fulfilling of this promise; 15 And his name shall be called after me; and it shall be after the name of his father. And he shall be like unto me; for the thing, which the Lord shall bring forth by his hand, by the power of the Lord shall bring my people unto salvation; yea, thus prophesied Joseph. 16 I [Lehi]* am sure of this thing, even as I am sure of the promise of Moses; for the Lord hath said unto me [Lehi], I will preserve thy seed forever.
Lehi's Lost Prophetic Perfect Testimony For the want of a period in place of a semicolon, for the want of a capital letter for a lowercase letter, for the want of colon in place of a period, for the want removing a single phrase from the end of one sentence and to the beginning of the next sentence and then to place a 'verse' division between the two sentences; is the testimony of Lehi lost and the proper understanding of who the writer (Mormon) and spokesman (Moroni) are. What difference do the errors of compilation make? *Lehi speaks of himself and bears a marvelous testimony which is lost under Elder Pratt's sentence altering division. Lehi testifies that he is as sure of the coming of the seer Joseph Smith in the future as he is of the coming of Moses who had come in fulfillment of prophecy in the past. This is a testimony given in the 'prophetic perfect' tense. This is the 'thing' to which Lehi bears testimony, the 'thing' which he had carefully 'bookended' between the statements of, 'And thus prophesied Joseph, saying: ... ; yea, thus prophesied Joseph.'. This is the 'thing' to which Lehi wanted to relate and convey that he was testifying to. Nephi had picked it up and so did the original printing of the 1830's Book of Mormon. That marvelous testimony of knowing as sure as knowing of a past established event that a future event will occur is a powerful testimony. Just as sure as Lehi knew that Moses had fulfilled his part of the prophecies of Joseph by those events in Lehi's past, Lehi knew that Joseph Smith would come in the future to fulfill that additional part of the prophecies of Joseph. This marvelously strong testimony is lost due to Elder Orson Pratt's inadvertent division. Here it is restored to understanding.