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1 Nephi 1:16

"And now I, Nephi, do not make a full account of the things which my father hatch written, for he hath written many things which he saw in visions and in dreams; and he also hath written many things which he prophesied and spake unto his children, of which I shall not make a full account."

This is an interesting verse to include because he says openly there there are several things that his father saw in vision that he is not going to write about. Very good to know, but kind of a waste of precious space when you first think about it. Of course we could always assume that there were things that his father experienced that wouldn't be written. The cool part is though that Nephi documents that his father was writing them too. The record or personal history of Lehi would be something to behold I am sure. He talks about him experiencing many things in visions and in dreams. If you look under the footnote on dreams it takes you to the scripture that goes something like "I have dreamed a dream, or in other words I have seen a vision." I'm not sure, but I think that visions would never feel kind of like a dream to the point where you weren't sure. I would think that if you were having visions in your sleep you would wake up knowing that it was more than just a dream. I don't know that I have ever had a sleeping "vision" per se, but I imagine you would wake from it knowing exactly what had just happened.

Nephi also referenced that there was a large amount of things that he prophesied and spake unto his children that he shall not write. I think I sometimes take for granted the fatherly examples in the scriptures. Dads are quite often working a lot. Personally I have a few more memories of my Mom teaching me things than my Dad. I think it is awesome to see in the scriptures examples of fathers teaching their children very spiritual things. Goals, right?

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