“Scripture Fathers,” Friend, June 2004, 23
Scripture Fathers
Don’t get “tied” up figuring out these scripture fathers! Read the clue, then write the name on the tie. (You can look up the scripture if you get stuck or to check your answer.)
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He was the first father on the earth (see 1 Ne. 5:11).
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This father was a priest of wicked King Noah, but believed Abinadi’s words and went on to join the Church and become a missionary (see Mosiah 17:2).
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This visionary father prayed for his people when the prophets foretold that Jerusalem would be destroyed if the city did not repent (see 1 Ne. 1:5).
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Jesus’ father here on earth (see Matt. 1:16).
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After many years of waiting, this man became a father in his old age and named his son John (see Luke 1:13).
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He feeds the fowl of the air and is the father of our spirits (see Matt. 6:26).
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This righteous father of Enos confronted Sherem, a wicked man who sought to turn the people away from Christ (see Jacob 7:3).
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Father of the twelve tribes, this man favored his next-to-youngest son and made him a coat of many colors (see Gen. 37:3).
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Orihah was the only son of this prophet who would agree to become king of the Jaredites (see Ether 6:27).
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This father of Methuselah walked and talked with God and was eventually taken up into heaven to live with his righteous city (see Moses 6:25–26; Moses 7:69).