Transcript of William I. Appleby s Journal Entry, 5 May 1841, Pages 73 75 (WA) Editorial Note WA, catalogued as MS 1401 in the Church History Library, contains Abraham 1:15 31; dated 5 May 1841 (but see below); handwriting of William I. Appleby; 3 lined pages in journal. WA contains the exact paragraph numbering as the first installment in the Times and Seasons, suggesting that Appleby inserted the Abraham text after its publication in 1842. This is quite possible, as Appleby used the word insert here and in other entries in his journal when he provides additional material. Many of the insertions in his journal, including the Abraham text, likely coincide with Appleby s later efforts to produce his memoirs. Because the text exhibits some minor variation from the Times and Seasons and the Abraham manuscripts, it is included in this study. However, if Appleby backdated the entry and merely copied the text from the Times and Seasons, it would be of negligible significance to the textual history of the Book of Abraham. To give further context to the Abraham material in Appleby s journal, more of the journal entry is included in appendix 4.
A Textual History of the Book of Abraham WA Page 73 Lines 1 19 [Abraham 1:15 20a]
Transcripts of the Abraham Manuscripts WA Page 73 Lines 1 19 [Abraham 1:15 20a] 1 Paragraph 5. And as they lifted up their hands upon me, that they mi 2 -ght offer me up, and take away my life, behold I lifted up my 3 voice unto the Lord my God: and the Lord hearkened and heard, 4 and he filled me with a vision of the Almighty, and the angel of 5 his presence stood by me, and immediately unlo sed my bands, and his 6 voice was unto me, Abram! Abram! behold, my name is Jehovah, and 7 I have heard thee, and have come down to delivir thee, and to take thee 8 away from thy Fathers house, and from all thy kinsfolks into a strange 9 land, which thou knowest not of, and this because they have turned their 10 hearts away from me, to worship the God of Elkenah, and the God 11 of Libnah, and the God of Mahmackrah, and the God of Korash. 12 and the God of Pharaoh King of Egypt: therefore I have come down to 13 visit them, and to destroy him, who hath lifted up his hand against thee 14 Abram, my son, to take away thy life, Behold I will lead thee by my 15 hand, and I will take thee, to put upon thee, my name, even the Prie- 16 -sthood of thy Father, and my power shall be over thee, as it was with 17 Noah, so shall it be with thee, that through thy ministry, my name 17 shall be known in the Earth forever, fore I am thy God. 18 6. Behold Potipha{r r s} Hill was in the land of Ur. of Ch{a}ldea; and 19 the Lord broke down the Altar of Elkenah, and of the Gods of the land 1 Paragraph 5 corresponds to paragraph 5 in Times and Seasons 18 Paragraph 6 corresponds to paragraph 6 in Times and Seasons
A Textual History of the Book of Abraham WA Page 74 Lines 1 23 [Abraham 1:20b 27a]
Transcripts of the Abraham Manuscripts WA Page 74 Lines 1 23 [Abraham 1:20b 27a] 1 1841, and utterly destroyed them, and smote the Priest that he died; and there was 2 great mourning in Chaldea, and also in the Court of Pharaoh, which Pha 3 -roah signifies King by royal blood, Now this King of Egypt was a descend 4 = ant from the loins of Ham, and was a partaker of the blood of the Canaan- 5 -ites by birth, From this descent, sprang all the Egyptians, and thus the 6 blood of the Canaanites was preserved in the land. 7 7. The land of Egypt being first discovered by a woman, who was the dau- 8 -ghter of Ham, and the daughter of Egyptus, which, in the Chaldea, sig- 9 -nifies Egypt, which signifies, that which is forbidden, When this woman 10 discovered the land it was under water, who afterwards settled her sons 11 in it: And thus, from Ham, sprang that race, which preserved the curse 12 in the land. Now the frist government of Egypt was established by Pharaoh 13 the Eldest son of Egyptus, the daughter of Ham, and it was after the ma- 14 nner of the government of Ham, which was Patriarchal, Pharaoh being a 15 righteous man, established his kingdom and Judged his people wisely 16 and Justly all his days, seeking earnestly to imitate, that order estab 17 -lished by the fathers in the first generations, in the days of the first Patri 18 archal reign, even in the reign of Adam, and also Noah his father, who 19 blessed him with the blessings of the earth, and with the ble sings of wis- 20 dom, but cursed him as pertaining to the Priesthood 21 8 Now Pharaoh being of the leniage by which he could not have the right 22 of Priesthood, notwithstanding the Pharaoh s would fain claim it from - 23 Noah, through Ham, therefore my father was led away by their idol 7 Paragraph 7 corresponds to paragraph 7 in Times and Seasons 21 Paragraph 8 corresponds to paragraph 8 in Times and Seasons
A Textual History of the Book of Abraham WA Page 74 Lines 24 31 [Abraham 1:27b 30a]
Transcripts of the Abraham Manuscripts WA Page 74 Lines 24 31 [Abraham 1:27b 30a] 24 atry: but I shall endeavour hereafter to delineate the chronology, ru 25 -nning back from myself to the beginning of the creation, fore the Records 26 have come into my hands, which I hold unto this present time 27 9. now, after the Priest Elkenah, was smitten, that he died, there came a 28 fulfilment of those things which were said unto me, concerning the land 29 of Chaldea, that there should be a famine in the land. Accordingly a 30 famine prevailed throughout all the land of Chaldea, and my father, 31 was sorely tormented because of the famine, and he repented of the evil 27 Paragraph 9 corresponds to paragraph 9 in Times and Seasons
A Textual History of the Book of Abraham WA Page 75 Lines 1 7 [Abraham 1:30b 31]
Transcripts of the Abraham Manuscripts WA Page 75 Lines 1 7 [Abraham 1:30b 31] 1 1841. which he had determined against me to take away my life, But the Rec- 2 =rds of the fathers, even the patriarchs, concerning the right of the Priesthood 3 the Lord my God preserved in mine own hands, therefore a Knowledge of 4 the beginning of the creation, and also of the planets, and of the Stars, as they 5 were made known unto the fathers, have I Kept even unto this day. - 6 and I shall endeavor to write some of these things upon this record 7 for the benefit of my posterity, that shall come after me // &c.