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Nephi 17:1

       1 And it came to pass that we did again take our journey in the

      wilderness; and we did travel nearly eastward from that time

      forth. And we did travel and wade through much affliction in the

      wilderness; and our women did bear children in the wilderness.

      1 Nephi 17:2

       2 And so great were the blessings of the Lord upon us, that

      while we did live upon raw meat in the wilderness, our women did

      give plenty of suck for their children, and were strong, yea,

      even like unto the men; and they began to bear their journeyings

      without murmurings.

      1 Nephi 17:3

       3 And thus we see that the commandments of God must be

      fulfilled. And if it so be that the children of men keep the

      commandments of God he doth nourish them, and strengthen them,

      and provide means whereby they can accomplish the thing which he

      has commanded them; wherefore, he did provide means for us while

      we did sojourn in the wilderness.

      1 Nephi 17:4

       4 And we did sojourn for the space of many years, yea, even

      eight years in the wilderness.

      1 Nephi 17:5

       5 And we did come to the land which we called Bountiful, because

      of its much fruit and also wild honey; and all these things were

      prepared of the Lord that we might not perish. And we beheld the

      sea, which we called Irreantum, which, being interpreted, is many

      waters.

      1 Nephi 17:6

       6 And it came to pass that we did pitch our tents by the

      seashore; and notwithstanding we had suffered many afflictions

      and much difficulty, yea, even so much that we cannot write them

      all, we were exceedingly rejoiced when we came to the seashore;

      and we called the place Bountiful, because of its much fruit.

      1 Nephi 17:7

       7 And it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had been in the land

      of Bountiful for the space of many days, the voice of the Lord

      came unto me, saying: Arise, and get thee into the mountain. And

      it came to pass that I arose and went up into the mountain, and

      cried unto the Lord.

      1 Nephi 17:8

       8 And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto me, saying: Thou

      shalt construct a ship, after the manner which I shall show thee,

      that I may carry thy people across these waters.

      1 Nephi 17:9

       9 And I said: Lord, whither shall I go that I may find ore to

      molten, that I may make tools to construct the ship after the

      manner which thou hast shown unto me?

      1 Nephi 17:10

       10 And it came to pass that the Lord told me whither I should go

      to find ore, that I might make tools.

      1 Nephi 17:11

       11 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did make a bellows

      wherewith to blow the fire, of the skins of beasts; and after I

      had made a bellows, that I might have wherewith to blow the fire,

      I did smite two stones together that I might make fire.

      1 Nephi 17:12

       12 For the Lord had not hitherto suffered that we should make

      much fire, as we journeyed in the wilderness; for he said: I will

      make thy food become sweet, that ye cook it not;

      1 Nephi 17:13

       13 And I will also be your light in the wilderness; and I will

      prepare the way before you, if it so be that ye shall keep my

      commandments; wherefore, inasmuch as ye shall keep my

      commandments ye shall be led towards the promised land; and ye

      shall know that it is by me that ye are led.

      1 Nephi 17:14

       14 Yea, and the Lord said also that: After ye have arrived in

      the promised land, ye shall know that I, the Lord, am God; and

      that I, the Lord, did deliver you from destruction; yea, that I

      did bring you out of the land of Jerusalem.

      1 Nephi 17:15

       15 Wherefore, I, Nephi, did strive to keep the commandments of

      the Lord, and I did exhort my brethren to faithfulness and

      diligence.

      1 Nephi 17:16

       16 And it came to pass that I did make tools of the ore which I

      did molten out of the rock.

      1 Nephi 17:17

       17 And when my brethren saw that I was about to build a ship,

      they began to murmur against me, saying: Our brother is a fool,

      for he thinketh that he can build a ship; yea, and he also

      thinketh that he can cross these great waters.

      1 Nephi 17:18

       18 And thus my brethren did complain against me, and were

      desirous that they might not labor, for they did not believe that

      I could build a ship; neither would they believe that I was

      instructed of the Lord.

      1 Nephi 17:19

       19 And now it came to pass that I, Nephi, was exceedingly

      sorrowful because of the hardness of their hearts; and now when

      they saw that I began to be sorrowful they were glad in their

      hearts, insomuch that they did rejoice over me, saying: We knew

      that ye could not construct a ship, for we knew that ye were

      lacking in judgment; wherefore, thou canst not accomplish so

      great a work.

      1 Nephi 17:20

       20 And thou art like unto our father, led away by the foolish

      imaginations of his heart; yea, he hath led us out of the land of

      Jerusalem, and we have wandered in the wilderness for these many

      years; and our women have toiled, being big with child; and they

      have borne children in the wilderness and suffered all things,

      save it were death; and it would have been better that they had

      died before they came out of Jerusalem than to have suffered

      these afflictions.

      1 Nephi 17:21

       21 Behold, these many years we have suffered in the wilderness,

      which time we might have enjoyed our possessions and the land of

      our inheritance; yea, and we might have been happy.

      1 Nephi 17:22

       22 And we know that the people who were in the land of Jerusalem

      were