An angel commands Nephi to slay Laban and puts on his armor. Nephi commands Zoram to get the brass plates. Nephi and his brothers take the brass plates to Lehi; Zoram agrees to accompany them. Lehi comforts Sariah, who had feared for her sons. Lehi sends Laman, Lemuel, Sam and Nephi back to Jerusalem to persuade Ishmael and his family to join them. The sons of Lehi and the family of Ishmael leave Jerusalem. Laman and Lemuel and some of Ishmael's children rebel. Nephi persuades them to continue and they rejoin Lehi and Sariah. They gather seeds and grain. Lehi has a vision of the tree of life. Nephi also has a vision of the tree of life, and foresees many future events. Nephi's brothers complain that they can't understand the words of their father. Nephi expounds. The sons of Lehi and Zoram take the daughters of Ishmael to wife. Lehi discovers the Liahona. They depart the valley of Lemuel and travel south-southeast for four days. They pitch their tents and call the place Shazer. They continue their journey, following the directions of the Liahona. Nephi breaks his bow. They travel for many days, "traveling nearly the same course as in the beginning". Ishmael dies and is buried in the place called Nahom. Laman and Lemuel and the sons of Ishmael want to slay Lehi and Nephi. Nephi chastens them and they repent. 592 BC, Bountiful They arrive at the land Bountiful, near a sea they call Irreantum. About 591 BC, Bountiful Jacob and Joseph, "born in the wilderness", are first mentioned. Nephi is commanded to build a boat. His brothers murmur and complain, but he persuades them to assist and the boat is completed. Lehi and his family, Ishmael's family and Zoram embark for the promised land. About 590 BC, on the sea Nephi's brothers and the sons of Ishmael "make themselves merry", "with much rudeness". Nephi fears they will offend God and speaks to them "with much soberness". Laman and Lemuel bind Nephi. Storms arise, their compass ceases to work and they are "driven back upon the waters for the space of three days." On the fourth day, Nephi's brethren see that "the judgements of God were upon them" and they release Nephi. Nephi guides the ship "towards the promised land". After many days they arrive at the promised land. The land of Nephi About 589 BC, in