Enos knew of the Lamanites’ deep hatred for the Nephites and worried they would destroy them and their holy records if possible. Even though the Lamanites rejected the gospel in his day, they might accept it in the latter days. Thus, Enos, who prayed “along with his prophet-forefathers, asked with faith and received assurance from the Lord that he would preserve the records and eventually get them into the hands of the Lamanites. Again, the Nephites sought to reclaim the Lamanites without success. The baseness and brutality of the latter were frightening” (Ogden and Skinner, Book of Mormon, 1:292).