It seems that Nephi's family have taken a turn in the wilderness toward the east, and they continue to have trials of their own. I don't imagine that it was a long time after Nephi and his brothers were married that they started to have children. The women on the journey were incredible in order to be able to be pregnant, have children, and care for them while traveling through the wilderness desert. Lehi and Saraiah also had two more boys while journeying there, and they were not young. Nephi also shares with us that their women were strong, and began to do everything without murmuring. This is amazing.
In verse 3, Nephi talks again about one of his favorite themes, faith in following the commandments. He says that the Lord provided for them in the wilderness. He testifies to us that those who follow the Lord's commandments will be blessed and He will provide for them as they follow His commandments. Nephi knew this and started to follow any commandment with this in mind. As a contrast, I'm not sure that Laman and Lemuel ever realized this. We will see again later on in this chapter what their attitudes were like with the boat thing.
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