The Book of Mormon

Ether 12:20

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And behold, we have seen in this record, that one of these was the brother of Jared: for so great was his faith in God, that when God put forth his finger, he could not hide it from the sight of the brother of Jared, because of his word which he had spoken unto him, which word he had obtained by faith.

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And behold, we have seen in this record, that one of these was the brother of Jared:; for so great was his faith in God, that when God put forth his finger, he could not hide it from the sight of the brother of Jared, because of his word which he had spoken unto him, which word he had obtained by faith.

Simple English

We have seen in this record that one of these people was the brother of Jared. His faith in God was so great that when God put out his finger, he could not hide it from the brother of Jared. This was because of what the brother of Jared had asked God by faith.

Paraphrase

In this record we’ve seen that the brother of Jared was one of those people. His faith in God was so extraordinary that when God extended his finger, he couldn’t hide it from the brother of Jared’s sight—because of the promise the brother of Jared had received through faith.