Friday, November 27, 2015

1 Nephi 8:14

14  And I looked to behold from whence it came; and I saw the head thereof a little way off; and at the head thereof I beheld your mother Sariah, and Sam, and aNephi; and they stood as if they knew not whither they should go.
            -why were Nephi and all placed at the head of the river?  Is there some kind of significance?

 
    “I beheld Sariah, Sam and Nephi…”
            -why, at this point (when these three don’t even know where to go or how to proceed) is Laman and Lemuel not with them?  What does this indicate? What is this symbolic of?

      “… they knew not whither to go…”
            -those who have an understanding/knowledge have some responsibility and stewardship for those who know less.
            -we should remember that Lehi, at one point, did not know where to go himself and had to have direction.
            -there are times in all of our lives when we don’t know where to go, how to proceed, etc.  It is not a strange even that happens to others or once in life.  It is a fairly common experience.

      “whither”
            -does this mean “where” or “how” or “in what manner”?  Whichever (or all together) it conveys much meaning.  The difference between the answers coming from the question “where” and the question “how” is not only dramatic, but instructive.

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