Why Did Nephi Connect Isaiah’s Prophecies with Joseph Who Was Sold into Egypt? (Knowhy #375)

“And the Lord will set his hand again the second time to restore his people from their lost and fallen state. Wherefore, he will proceed to do a marvelous work and a wonder among the children of men.”
2 Nephi 25:17

In rabbinic times, the practice of drawing two scriptural passages together on the basis of shared words and then interpreting them in light of each other came to be known as Gezera Shawa. What makes Nephi’s Gezera Shawa especially intriguing is his potential use of a Hebrew wordplay (like a pun) on the name Joseph (yôsēp).

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Joseph Smith will "come again" or "proceed again" when the Lord makes bare His arm in the eyes of all nations! "Millions shall know Brother Joseph again!"