Why Did Nephi Connect Isaiah’s Prophecies with Joseph Who Was Sold into Egypt? #375

In rabbinic times, the practice of drawing two scriptural passages together on the basis of shared words and then interpreting them in light of each other came to be known as Gezera Shawa. What makes Nephi’s Gezera Shawa especially intriguing is his potential use of a Hebrew wordplay (like a pun) on the name Joseph (yôsēp). bit.ly/know375