Like the previous section of books, Enos is one of the texts said to have come from the Small Plates of Nephi, and it introduces the next stage in the historical narrative, after the first generation (Nephi’s extended family) has passed away. Enos was a son of Jacob and, like his father, served as a Nephite prophet. Like all the texts in this section, it is a short book, amounting to only a single chapter. The Book of Enos, despite its brevity, is an important source of LDS concepts relating to salvation and the history of redemption.

The book opens with Enos hunting in the woods. Moved by the remembrance of his father’s teachings, he cries out to God and prays all day and night for salvation. God responds to Enos’s prayer, assuring him of the forgiveness of his sins, accomplished by faith in the coming of Jesus Christ: “And I said: Lord, how is it done? And he said unto me: Because of thy faith in Christ, whom thou hast never before heard nor seen” (Enos 1:7-8). Enos continues to pray, interceding for the Nephites and asking for their salvation.