The pinnacle of the blessings of Jacob is the knowledge of their Redeemer. This is the purpose of Mormon’s text, declared here as well as in the Title Page:
“Which is to show unto the remnant of the House of Israel what great things the Lord hath done for their fathers; and that they may know the covenants of the Lord, that they are not cast off forever—And also to the convincing of the Jew and Gentile that JESUS is the CHRIST, the ETERNAL GOD, manifesting himself unto all nations:
Cultural: When Mormon notes that “they shall be gathered in from the four quarters of the earth,” he is suggesting that they will come from the whole world. However, it would not be certain how Mormon would have understood the “whole world” at his time. Certain his most immediate reference to the “four quarters” would have been local. It is not certain that he would indicate that there were members of the house of Jacob in the “whole world” that we know, or that he would be referring to the “four quarters” that were more familiar to him.
Textual: This ends a chapter in the 1830 edition