Quotation is Alma 19:16. Scholars debate the appropriate interpretation of the passage. As literary scholar Kylie Turley summarizes, "Did Abish see a remarkable vision of her father, which converted her to the Lord? Or did her father see a remarkable vision, which converted her to the Lord?"[34] This could be read as describing a theophany in which Abish saw her "heavenly" father, i.e. God.[32]
Turley 2020, p. 117. Quotation is Alma 19:18. Turley, Kylie Nielson (2020). Alma 1–29: A Brief Theological Introduction. The Book of Mormon: brief theological introductions. Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship. ISBN978-0-8425-0024-1.