Adieu

Today I sat in the Murray City Library, biding my time. Reading The Book of Mormon from my phone. It has been quite a while since I have read the smaller books that follow first and second Nephi. And as I finished the last verse in the Book of Jacob, I may or may not have gasped out loud. In the quiet library.

It reads : "I make an end of my writing upon these plates, which writing has been small; and to the reader I bid farewell, hoping that many of my brethren may read my words. Brethren, adieu."

Jacob said adieu! Adieu. Were my eyes playing tricks? It must be a mistake. For some reason I was shocked that he ended his chapter with a French goodbye. How did someone from between 544 and 421 B.C. even know French? Okay, so this may not be the most spiritually profound finding that has ever come from The Book of Mormon. But is sure made Jacob seem all the more real to me. And don't worry, this isn't the only thing I took from his book.