In the scriptures we find many examples of fatherhood. Who are the fathers in the scriptures? What can we learn from these fathers? How can we benefit from their examples?
Below is a incomplete list of fathers (literally what I could come up off the top of my head). I'd like to explore specific examples of fathers and gleaned lessons for us today.
Please add to this list and if you have specific lessons from a father in the scriptures, please feel free to submit it for posting.
Book of Mormon
- Alma (the elder)
- Alma the younger
- Jacob
- Lehi
- Mormon
- Nephi
- Mosiah
- King Benjamin
- Enos
- Helaman
- Others?
Old Testament/Pearl of Great Price
- Adam
- Noah
- Abraham
- Isaac
- Jacob
- Jethro
- Isaiah
- Eli
- Others?
New Testament
- Joseph
- Father of young boy possessed by a demon
- Father of the prodigal son
- Others?
Doctrine & Convenants
- Joseph
- Hyrum
- Others?
Thank you for this list. I have Sharing Time this Sunday and wanted to do something fun about fathers in the scriptures. This will be a great starting point for me.
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