With all the complaining and drama that Nephi and Lehi
experienced in response to the commandment to return to Jerusalem for the
brass plates, it’s interesting to note that no one seems to complain
when the boys are commanded to return to Jerusalem again—but this time for
wives! 1 Nephi 7 is an interesting chapter as somehow the sons of Lehi convince
a man named Ishmael and his whole family (mostly girls) to join them in their
expedition into the wilderness. I wish we knew more about them.
And a fight breaks out during the journey back to Lehi’s
camp! Laman and Lemuel tie Nephi to a tree and want to leave him for dead. Yet
somehow everything is resolved (again, I wish we had more details), and Nephi
nobly says, “I did frankly forgive them all that they had done.” I wish I were
better at that. I’m working on it.
--Megan
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