1 Nephi 8:11

11  And it came to pass that I did go forth and partake of the ^afruit thereof; and I beheld that it was most sweet, above all that I ever before tasted.  Yea, and I beheld that the fruit thereof was white, to exceed all the ^bwhiteness that I had ever seen.

      “I did go forth and partake of the fruit thereof”

            -this has obvious paralells to Adam and Eve’s desire and action in the Garden of Eden. They, like Lehi, recognized the desirability of fruit from a tree and they partook of it.  What are we to learn by this comparison?  Of course the biggest difference is the Godly injunction against Adam and Eve’s indulgence compared to the accepatability of Lehi in this case.

            -there is an element of being compelled to partake of the fruit.  As far as we can tell, Lehi’s guide did not suggest that he should go and have some of the fruit.  Almost by nature he was compelled to go and try the fruit.

    “most sweet… exceed all the whiteness…”

            -there is nothing to parallel this!  Suffice it to say that the fruit of the tree is the most glorious and grand thing ever.  The two words used to describe this superlative condition are “sweet” and “white”.  What do these two adjectives convey to us?