Exodus 3 = I Nephi 2 Parallel

1 Nephi 2:15-24	Exodus 3:1-20
v15 And my father dwelt in a tent.	v1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian:
v16 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, being exceedingly young, nevertheless being large in stature,	and he led the flock to the backside of the desert,
and also having great desires to know of the mysteries of God, wherefore, I did cry unto the Lord; [Compare 1 Ne. 18:3: "And I, Nephi, did go into the mount oft, and I did pray oft unto the Lord; wherefore the Lord showed unto me great things."]	and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
and behold he did VISIT me,	v2 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. v3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. v4 And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
and did soften my heart	v5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy* ground*.
that I did believe all the words which had been spoken by my father;	v6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
$ wherefore, I - did not rebel against him like unto my brothers. $ v17 And I spake unto Sam, making known unto him the things which the Lord had manifested unto me by his Holy Spirit. And it came to pass that he - believed in my words. $ v18 But, behold, Laman and Lemuel - would not hearken unto my words;	$ And Moses - hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
and being grieved because of the hardness of their hearts I cried unto the Lord for them.	[omission] [Moses frequently petitioned the Lord on behalf of his people. See Numb. 14:19; Deut. 9:24-28.]

v19 And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto me, saying:	v7 And the Lord said,
Blessed art thou, Nephi, because of thy faith,	I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt,
for thou hast sought me diligently,	and have heard their cry* by reason of their taskmasters*;
with lowliness of heart.	for I know their sorrows;
v20 And Inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments, [D&C 93:1: "...Every soul who...keepeth my commandments..."]	v8 And I am come [D&C 93:1 "...shall see my face and know that I am...."]
ye shall prosper,	to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians,
and shall be led	and to bring them up out of that land
to a land of promise;	unto a good land
yea, even a land which I have prepared for you;	and a large,
yea, a land which is choice above all other lands.	unto a land flowing with milk and honey;
a. . v21 And inasmuch as . . b. . thy brethren¹ . . . . c. . shall rebel . . . . . . d. . against thee, . . . . . . . . e. . they shall be cut off from the presence of the Lord.	unto the place of $ the Canaanites, $ and the Hittites, $ and the Amorites, $ and the Perizzites, $ and the Hivites, $ and the Jebusites. [Compare Exo. 23:23: "For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them
v22 And inasmuch as thou shalt keep my commandments, thou shalt be made a ruler and a teacher over thy brethren.	> v9 - v17a [E - E' of Exo. 3 Chiasm]
a. . v23 For behold, in that day that . . b. . they¹ . . . . c. . shall rebel . . . . . . d. . against me, . . . . . . . . e. . I will curse them even with a sore curse,	v17b ...unto the land of $ the Canaanites, $ and the Hittites, $ and the Amorites, $ and the Perizzites, $ and the Hivites, $ and the Jebusites,] [Compare 1 Ne. 17:35: "...This people had rejected every word of God, and they were ripe in iniquity...; and the Lord did curse the land against them...." See also Deut.
and they shall have no power over* thy seed*	unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
a. . except . . b. . they² ["thy seed"] . . . . c. . shall rebel . . . . . . d. . against me also. a. . v24 And if it so be . . b. . that they² . . . . c. . rebel . . . . . . d. . against me,	v18 And they shall hearken to thy voice: [Labels and highlighting correspond to Chiasm 1a:] E(3). . and thou shalt come, E(4). . $. . thou and the elders of Israel, . . . . $. . unto the king of Egypt, H-2; J. . and ye shall say unto him, H-3; L. . The Lord God of the Hebrews H-4; I; E(1). . hath met with us: H-1 and K. . [also link] E(5). . and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, F; G. . that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God. [all chiastic phrases from v9-v17a accounted for except E(2)]
they shall be a scourge unto thy seed,	v19 And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.
to stir them up	v20 And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof:
in the ways of remembrance. [See Alma 5:6: "...Have you sufficiently retained in remembrance the captivity of your fathers?" Also, Alma 29:11,12: "I have always remembered the captivity of my fathers; and that same God who delivered them out of bondage."; Also, Alma 36:2,30: "I would that ye should do as I have done, in remembering the captivity of our fathers...."]	and after that he will let you go. [See Deut. 15:15: "And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee." Also, Deut. 6:21.]