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*'''Non-Lehite Natives''': 2 Nephi 5:6 explains that Nephi, Zoram, Sam (including each of their respective spouses and children), Jacob, Joseph, and Nephi’s sisters, all fled with Nephi from Laman and Lemuel (and their followers). Curiously, Nephi adds to this list of people by including “and all those who would go with me.” Is this a passive reference to the pre-Lehite natives of the Americas who had possibly intermingled with the Lehites? There is no doubt that there were other people on the continent when Lehi and family arrived (and not just the Jaredites). Later in the chapter (2 Nephi 5:34) it is noted that after only a few decades the Nephites and Lamanites had already had “wars and contentions”. This makes the most sense if the groups are much larger than the original group (plus subsequent children) who came on the boat (about 40-50 people). The greater numbers required for “wars and contentions” could be easily be explained by the native inhabitants of the land who joined themselves to the Nephites and Lamanites. | *'''Non-Lehite Natives''': 2 Nephi 5:6 explains that Nephi, Zoram, Sam (including each of their respective spouses and children), Jacob, Joseph, and Nephi’s sisters, all fled with Nephi from Laman and Lemuel (and their followers). Curiously, Nephi adds to this list of people by including “and all those who would go with me.” Is this a passive reference to the pre-Lehite natives of the Americas who had possibly intermingled with the Lehites? There is no doubt that there were other people on the continent when Lehi and family arrived (and not just the Jaredites). Later in the chapter (2 Nephi 5:34) it is noted that after only a few decades the Nephites and Lamanites had already had “wars and contentions”. This makes the most sense if the groups are much larger than the original group (plus subsequent children) who came on the boat (about 40-50 people). The greater numbers required for “wars and contentions” could be easily be explained by the native inhabitants of the land who joined themselves to the Nephites and Lamanites. | ||
− | **John Sorenson, | + | **John Sorenson,[http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=1&num=1&id=3 "When Lehi's Party Arrived in the Land, Did They Find Others There?"] ''Journal of Book of Mormon Studies'' 1 (1992): 1-34 |
− | **John L. Sorenson, Nephite Culture and Society, ed. Matthew R. Sorenson (Salt Lake City: New Sage Books, 1997), 66. | + | **John L. Sorenson, ''Nephite Culture and Society'', ed. Matthew R. Sorenson (Salt Lake City: New Sage Books, 1997), 66. |
− | **Brant Gardner, Second Witness: Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of | + | **Brant Gardner, ''Second Witness: Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon'', vol. 2, pp 6-9. |
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