Tag: 1 Nephi

I see so many elements unexplained in this chapter (1 Nephi 10) that get explained elsewhere either by Nephi or another property. It is a reminder that this record is abbreviated because Nephi had already recorded it and could only guess at how it was too be used.

I think the order that the symbols in Lehi’s dream were introduced indicates the importance of the various aspects. The tree of life was first, the dangerous river second. Next came the rod of iron along the strait and narrow path followed by the mists of darkness and the gear and spacious building which led…

I wonder what Lehi felt during his hours of traveling in the dark and dreary waste before he chose to pray.

Lehi took Jerusalem with him in the persons of Laman and Lemuel. By having them along we get a glimpse into what these people are were like when it came to spiritual matters.

In reading the Book of Mormon we need to keep in mind the scope it was intended to cover. In doing so we will be careful about making further inferences from the text and properly interpret the motivations of its authors.

Had Sariah complained about Lehi in front of her sons when they were small so that she inadvertently taught them to murmur against their father?

It seems to me that Nephi and his brothers we naive to bring ask their wealth to display before Laban when asking to buy the plates of bread. They should have offered to pay while showing only a modest portion of their wealth and letting Laban know that they could get more of that wasn’t…

We always assume that drawing lots was a matter of random chance but it wouldn’t surprise me to learn that before drawing lots the brothers discussed options about who should go and Laman may have argued that he was most qualified as the oldest brother. If so, he might have gone so far as to…

When Nephi said that he desires the space on the plates to write the things of God and persuade men to come to Christ he was specifically taking about the small plates. When he started the large plates his intent was to keep a record and he undoubtedly included more details on the book of…