Edited sentence: ) Attempts to use genetic markers to disprove this possibility are not only an attack on Mormonism but an attack on the Biblical record itself.The Book of Mormon’s assertion that ancient Israelites traveled to the western hemisphere is consistent with Biblical prophecy that the children of Israel would be scattered among all nations (Deuteronomy 4:27; Amos 9:9).The ancient Hebrew patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob received the promise that they would become the fathers of many nations and kings with posterity as numerous “as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore.” (Genesis 17:1–10; 22:15–18; 26:1–5, 24; 28:1–4, 10–14; 35:9–13; 48:3–4