The closing words may indicate that the foregoing, from the beginning of chapter 11, was intended as a sermon and was delivered as such. Undoubtedly, the family of Lehi held regular services on the Sabbath, and the vision, as related, would naturally form a fruitful subject for discourses.
The word "Amen," as a substantive, means "truth," as in John 3:3, "Amen, amen, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God," where, however, the English version has, "Verily, verily."
The ancient Egyptians had a god, Amen, whom the priests at Thebes endeavored to introduce as superior to Osiris, but not successfully. Dr. E. A. Wallis Budge has preserved the following prayer to him:
"Homage to thee, O thou God, holy one, great in beneficent deeds, thou Prince of Eternity, who presideth over his place in the Sektet Boat, thou mighty one of risings in the Atet Boat! Praises are ascribed to thee both in heaven and upon earth. * * * Thou placest thy souls in Tettet (Busiris or Mendes) and thine awe is in Suten-henen. * * * Grant thou that I may have my existence among the living, and that I may float down and sail up the river among thy followers." (Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection," p. 74)
The name of this divinity is one evidence among many of the close association between the Hebrews and the Egyptians.