Lehi Leaves Jerusalem Davis

“And my father dwelt in a tent...” 600BC Typical Bedouin tent life

Some tents are very nice, but not too portable.

When getting married you wore your dowry

Families had to keep all valuables at home. There were no banks. Money chests would have been very heavy; hard to move; hard to conceal.

Steel? Why not; here’s a simple example of where it probably came from – a meteorite found in the desert. They are easy to spot; they sit on top of the sand.

Bronze swords 600BC Bronze was often preferred to iron or steel simply because it didn’t rust, and its edge was almost as sharp.

Tree of Life Because Bahrain's history is ancient and mentioned in Sumerian mythology, some archaelogists and scholars conclude the Garden of Eden existed here. This lone tree survives by itself in the desert. It's called the Tree of Life and the local tourist office claims this is a marker for the Garden of Eden.

Nephi proposes to build a ship... Ships of his day: Typical Phoenician vessel 1000BC Copied by Greeks (600BC) and Romans (200BC)

What did it look like? Size? Arab Dhal with lateen sail (100AD)

Nephi and family leaving. Nice send off by friends and well-wishers.

Nina Pinta 1492 and Columbus Ships were very small

Chinese sails European (Dutch) sails 1500AD Mayflower (90’) was only 12’ longer than a tennis court.

The family first camps at the neck of the Red Sea, staying there about one year, time needed to gather food and return for the girls. It’s about 150 miles.

Then they took the bigger journey, lasting 8 years, until they arrived at the coast. They traveled SSE, and finally East. The long leg is over 1,000 miles, then another 600 to the coast.

They traveled east across the Pacific

Ocean currents show a probable route east (wouldn’t work going west)