The Life of Nephi, the Son of Lehi Who Emigrated from Jerusalem, in Judea, to the Land Which Is Now Known as South America, about Six Centuries Before the Coming of Our Savior

CHAPTER XV.

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Animals and Vegetables Valuable to Lehi and Company--The Potato--Abundance of Fruits--Jerusalem Destroyed--Lehi's Thankfulness for this Choice Land--A Land of Liberty to all who Should be Brought Here if they Would Serve God--Land to be Kept from Knowledge of Other Nations--Remarkably Fulfilled--Promises of the Lord to Lehi Concerning his Descendants and the Land--Present Condition of his Seed Predicted--Prophecies Concerning the Prophet Joseph Smith--Lehi a Great Prophet--Restrains his Children While Living--Rancorous Hatred After his Death Against Nephi--Enraged by his Admonitions--Propose to Kill Him