According to McConkie and Millet, the statement by Nephi that "I saw the things which my father saw" (1 Nephi 14:29) is strong evidence for the fact that Lehi's dream was far more extensive in scope than what is contained in Nephi's abridged account in 1 Nephi 8. [Joseph Fielding McConkie and Robert L. Millet, Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 1, p. 115]