Lehi’s deathbed blessings in Second Nephi are anything but traditional.

In Jewish custom, a patriarch would bless his sons in order—oldest to youngest—before turning to grandchildren, in-laws, or servants.

But Joseph Smith’s narrative scrambles this sequence.

Laman and Lemuel receive conditional blessings which are tied to obeying Nephi’s teachings.

Zoram, the servant of Laban, oddly gets his own blessing before the younger sons.

Chapter four shifts to grandchildren and Ishmael’s household, with Sam finally remembered in verse eleven, almost as an afterthought.

And most glaring of all, Nephi—the very centerpiece of the record—is never given a personal blessing at all.

This omission exposes Joseph Smith’s disorganized dictation and his unfamiliarity with Hebrew tradition.