Jacob (Book of Mormon prophet)

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People in the Book of Mormon
Lehi Blessing His Posterity, C. C. A. Christensen (1890)
Prophets and priests Abinadi Alma the Elder Alma the Younger Amaleki Brother of Jared Enos Ether Helaman Jacob Jarom Joseph Lehi Lehi, son of Helaman Mormon Moroni Nephi Nephi, son of Helaman Nephi the Disciple Omni Samuel Zenos Zenock
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Other leaders Akish Gideon Laman and Lemuel Nehor Paanchi
Others Abish Aminadab Ammon (explorer) Ammon (missionary) Laban Morianton's maidservant Omner Sam Sariah Zeezrom
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In the Book of Mormon, Jacob (Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב, romanized: Yaʿakov) is a younger brother of the prophet Nephi, the keeper of the small plates of Nephi after Nephi's death,^[1] and narrates the Book of Jacob, which in the frame narrative of the overall Book of Mormon he authors.