There were 9 (at least) amazing women who traveled for over 8 years in the wilderness with Lehi and his family– Sariah, Nephi’s sisters (2 Nephi 5:6 ), Ishmael’s wife, and her five daughters who married Zoram, Laman, Lemuel, Sam and Nephi. Nephi tells us that these women “…suffered all things, save it were death”…
Several years ago I did a series on women’s birth stories from the scriptures. It was really a wonderful experience to go through those women’s stories and piece together their experiences. For some time I have been thinking it would be fun to do a series on the stories of women’s breastfeeding experiences in the…
Lately I am feeling a bit like I imagine Sarah felt when she and Abraham left their home in Haran to go into the wilderness of Canaan, to“.. the land that I will shew thee” (Genesis 12:1). Or how Sariah must have felt when Lehi asked her to leave the comfort and the beauty of…
In our family scripture study we just stated re-reading the Book of Mormon again. A few days ago we read the story of when Lehi commands his son’s to go back to Jerusalem and get the brass plates (1 Nephi 3). Laman and Lemuel, the older brothers, murmur about going and the whole trip wanted…
One of the biggest complaints I hear is that there very few women mentioned in the Book of Mormon. Some women feel frustrated or offended that in what Joseph Smith called ” the most correct of any book on earth,“ God would have neglected to mention women. It is true that there aren’t very many…
Detail from “Lehi’s Exodus Into the Wilderness” By Tandy Iverson I was always a little bit bothered by the story in 1 Nephi 5, where Nephi relates the story of his mother complaining against his father. I mean, surely the woman who raised Nephi, Jacob, and Joseph and was married to the prophet Lehi was…
Sorry, no Wednesday Woman today but instead I want to share with you what my cousin gave me for Christmas. It was this poster entitled “Daughters in the Wilderness” from the “Real Heroes” collection which has posters depicting various Book of Mormon heroes like Nephi, Ammon, Captain Moroni, Samuel the Lamanite, Mormon, etc… I think…