Today I read 2 Nephi 5 where Nephi is warned to leave before
his brothers cause him harm. I just read this chapter the other day with
my family for our family scripture study and I thought about it then too, but
Nephi states that his sisters went with him into the wilderness. What
sisters is he talking about? I remember Nephi stated he had sisters in 1
Nephi, but I thought they were married to the sons of Ishmael. So did his
sisters leave their husbands? Or did Lehi and his wife have more
daughters since they left Jerusalem? I suspect the latter is actually
what happened. Even if Nephi’s sisters were wonderful women, which they
clearly were, I can’t imagine them leaving their husbands and children to go
with Nephi.
I also find this chapter very sad. To know that Nephi
and his followers had to fight their own family members. That Laman and
Lemuel were so evil that even after they had the leadership and after Nephi was
gone, they couldn’t let it go and chased after him and his family with the
intent to kill them. That is true hatred and evil right there. I
have disliked some people in my time but once they were out of my life, I moved
on! I did not dwell on it and did not keep on letting it fester and boil
in my mind. But I have found that I am unique in that regard and most
people are not like me. It makes me sad. I do wish we all could
just get along, as cliché as that statement is, I do wish it. Some day we
will. Until tomorrow.
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