At the end of the narrative Nephi has skillfully used the story of the Exodus to underline their own situation. He has likened their family to the children of Israel, pointing out the contentiousness of those children while he directs his focus to the contentiousness of his own brothers, Lehi's children. He reiterates the guiding hand of the Lord, and then moves to the modern world. He is still making explicit the connection between the less faithful of Israel and his brothers by noting that they left Jerusalem because the unrighteous there sought their father's life, and Nephi boldly accuses his brothers of the exact crime in their hearts.