Moroni picks up on the rent garments that the people have cast down as part of their simile covenant and links those torn garments to Joseph’s rent garment that was presented to his father, Jacob. Moroni links the current people to their respected ancestors from the Old World. First to Joseph, and then to Jacob as the father of Israel. The quotation from Jacob in verse 25 is not found in our scriptures, but must have been on the brass plates. Moroni is suggesting that while this conflict will cause sorrow through the loss of life, yet the God of Jacob will “have joy” in his children, the faithful Nephites.