The Book of Mormon teaches that Laman and Lemuel were cursed with a skin of blackness by God. <br />2 Nephi 5:21 <br />"And he had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea, even a sore cursing, because of their iniquity. For behold, they had hardened their hearts against him, that they had become like unto a flint; wherefore, as they were white, and exceedingly fair and delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people the Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them." <br /> <br />According to the Book of Mormon, this curse is passed down from generation to generation. <br /> <br />2 Nephi 5: 23 <br />"And cursed shall be the seed of him that mixeth with their seed; for they shall be cursed even with the same cursing. And the Lord spake it, and it was done."
