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  • Father?

  • Yes, Nephi, come in.

  • Come in; sit with me.

  • The Lord hath commanded me

  • that thou and thy brethren shall return to Jerusalem.

  • Laban hath the record of the Jews

  • and also a genealogy of my forefathers,

  • and they are engraven upon plates of brass.

  • Thou and thy brothers should go unto the house of Laban,

  • and seek the records,

  • and bring them down hither into the wilderness.

  • I suppose Laman and Lemuel have refused?

  • They murmur,

  • saying it is a hard thing which I have required of them;

  • but I have not required it of them,

  • but it is a commandment of the Lord.

  • I will go

  • and do the things which the Lord hath commanded,

  • for I know

  • that the Lord giveth no commandment unto the children of men

  • save He shall prepare a way for them

  • that they may accomplish the thing which He commandeth them.

  • Thou hast been blessed of the Lord.

  • Be safe!

  • I depend on you.

  • Which of us shall go?

  • Laman, as the eldest,

  • you have always claimed the right and privilege

  • of being the first among us.

  • We will cast lots.

  • As I said

  • We await word of your success.

  • -Oh, please, sit, sit. -Thank you ...

  • Zoram, fetch this man some wine.

  • that will not be necessary.

  • It is kind, but my visit will be brief.

  • Very well.

  • Tell me,

  • what have you come to discuss with me?

  • My father, Lehi, has sent me.

  • The Lord has commanded us to ask thee

  • for the records which are engraven upon the plates of brass,

  • the records which contain the genealogy of my father.

  • The plates of brass

  • have been handed down in my family for generations.

  • Your father believes I should simply give them to you?

  • What if I were to cry out,

  • claiming thou art a robber?

  • Then I would be within my rights to slay you,

  • would I not?

  • I …

  • Thou art a robber! I will slay thee!

  • Seems you did not fare so well.

  • At least I am alive.

  • He called me a robber and threatened to slay me!

  • Now what shall we do?

  • We return to our father in the wilderness.

  • We will not go down to our father in the wilderness

  • until we have accomplished the thing

  • which the Lord hath commanded us!

  • Nephi, I tried!

  • He will not give us the plates.

  • Wait,

  • let us go down to the land of our father's inheritance.

  • He has left gold and silver and all manner of riches.

  • He knew that Jerusalem must be destroyed

  • because of the wickedness of the people.

  • And it is wisdom in God that we should obtain these records,

  • that we may preserve unto our children

  • the language of our fathers;

  • and also that we may preserve unto them the words

  • which have been spoken by the mouth of all the holy prophets.

  • Come in. It grows cold.

  • The Lord will not forsake them.

  • You are a visionary man.

  • Thou hast led us forth from the land of our inheritance,

  • and my sons are no more,

  • and now we perish in the wilderness.

  • I have not seen what you have seen.

  • I cannot help but fear for their lives.

  • Sariah, I know I am a visionary man;

  • for if I had not seen the things of God in a vision

  • I should not have known the goodness of God

  • but had tarried at Jerusalem,

  • and had perished with my brethren.

  • I know the Lord will deliver our sons out of the hands of Laban,

  • and bring them down again unto us.

  • Once again, the Lord has commanded us

  • to ask for the records which are engraven

  • upon the plates of brass ...

  • for which we will give unto you our gold,

  • and our silver,

  • and all our precious things.

  • Zoram!

  • It's beautiful. Beautiful.

  • I am quite pleased

  • with your generous offer.

  • Guards! Thieves!

  • -There are thieves in my house! -You are the thief!

  • Slay them! Slay them all!

  • We trusted the Lord,

  • and we have lost everything!

  • We will find another way.

  • There is no other way!

  • What do you propose now?

  • Return to the house of that thief?

  • They will kill us before we get to the door!

  • We must go back.

  • We cannot disappoint Father or the Lord.

  • You are a fool!

  • - You are a fool! -Laman!

  • Father is a fool!

  • Why do ye smite your younger brother with a rod?

  • Know ye not that the Lord hath chosen him

  • to be a ruler over you,

  • and this because of your iniquities?

  • Behold,

  • ye shall go up to Jerusalem again,

  • and the Lord will deliver Laban into your hands.

  • How is it possible that the Lord will deliver Laban into our hands?

  • -He is a mighty man. -He can command fifty,

  • yea, even he can slay fifty;

  • then why not us?

  • Let us go up again unto Jerusalem.

  • Let us be faithful in keeping the commandments of the Lord.

  • He is mightier than all the earth,

  • then why not mightier than Laban and his fifty,

  • or even than his tens of thousands?

  • Let us go up;

  • let us be strong like unto Moses;

  • for he truly spake unto the waters of the Red Sea

  • and they divided, and our fathers came through,

  • out of captivity, on dry ground.

  • Nephi, this is not the same!

  • An angel has spoken unto you;

  • wherefore can ye doubt?

  • Let us go up;

  • the Lord is able to deliver us,

  • even as our fathers.

  • Nephi, if Laban or any of his guard catch you,

  • they will kill you.

  • Stay here. Hide yourselves until I return.

  • God be with you.

  • Thou must kill Laban.

  • Never at any time

  • have I shed the blood of man.

  • Nephi,

  • the Lord hath delivered him into thy hands.

  • Behold the Lord slayeth the wicked

  • to bring forth His righteous purposes.

  • It is better that one man should perish

  • than that a nation should dwindle and perish in unbelief.

  • Master Laban, have you returned already?

  • Zoram, go with me into the treasury.

  • As you wish.

  • And how fare the elders of the Jews this evening?

  • I know that you have been out by night among them.

  • I shall carry the engravings,

  • which are upon the plates of brass,

  • to my elder brethren, who are without the walls.

  • Of course, Master Laban, thank you.

  • Come with me to meet my brethren.

  • Of course, Master Laban. Thank you

  • for this opportunity to attend thee as you meet your

  • brethren of the elders at this late hour.

  • Who do you see?

  • -Laban. -It's Laban.

  • The other with himis it Nephi?

  • No!

  • Laman! Lemuel! Sam!

  • It is I, Nephi!

  • Be still, be still.

  • If you will hearken unto my words, as the Lord liveth,

  • and as I live, we will spare your life.

  • I speak unto you, even with an oath,