Some of the most remarkable internal consistency found in the Book of Mormon draws absolutely no attention to itself. Consider the following:
- Perhaps the most intricate example can be found in Helaman 5.
- Lehi has two sons born to him during the family's journey in the wilderness. He names them Jacob and Joseph. Interestingly, these two names come after Lehi obtains the brass plates and discovers his lineage through Manasseh (son of Joseph, who is the son of Jacob).
- Benjamin names one of his sons Mosiah after his father. We actually don't learn that Benjamin's father was named Mosiah until the book of Omni. Thus, a detail found in the very first dictated chapter is not explained until on of the very last chapters dictated.
- Mormon clearly admired "Captain" Moroni, based on the description he gives in Alma 48, culminating in verse 17 (see below). Is it any wonder Mormon names his son Moroni?
17 Yea, verily, verily I say unto you, if all men had been, and were, and ever would be, like unto Moroni, behold, the very powers of hell would have been shaken forever; yea, the devil would never have power over the hearts of the children of men.