Omni 1:1-2 Behold, it came to pass that I, Omni, being commanded by my father, Jarom, that I should write somewhat upon these plates, to preserve our genealogy. But behold, I of myself am a wicked man, and I have not kept the statutes and the commandments of the Lord as I ought to have done.
This story is about a man named Omni and his father and his son and his son’s brother and his son’s brother’s son and his son’s brother’s son’s son.
We know very little about all these fathers and brothers and sons. Some were righteous and content and others, like Omni, were not. We don’t know much about Omni, only that he was displeased with himself. He wrote, “I am not a very good person.” But that is remarkable because even though he didn’t think he was a very good person, he still took the time to write it down in the book. And that must have been hard or awkward or embarrassing. But he did it because it was something his father asked him to do.
You see, his father had been the prophet. And befor…
