1 And now I, Nephi, do not give the genealogy of my fathers in this part of my record; neither at any time shall I give it after upon these plates which I am writing; for it is given in the record which has been kept by my father; wherefore, I do not write it in this work.
2 For it sufficeth me to say that we are descendants of Joseph.
As important as genealogy is, Nephi is a realist and decides that it would be a waste of space, time, and effort to re-write his genealogy. It would, afterall, be the same as his father's genealogy, and that was already set forth in Lehi's record.
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