1 Nephi 5:4–6

And it had come to pass that my father spake unto her, saying:

“I know that I am a visionary man; for if I had not seen the things of God in a vision I should not have known the goodness of God, but had tarried at Jerusalem, and had perished with my brethren. But behold, I have obtained a land of promise, in the which things I do rejoice; yea, and I know that the Lord will deliver my sons out of the hands of Laban, and bring them down again unto us in the wilderness.”

And after this manner of language did my father, Lehi, comfort my mother, Sariah, concerning us,…

From section: Trip Back to Jerusalem to Retrieve the Plates of Brass

From page: Lehites in Jerusalem and Arabia

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