Text: Nephi used the “things which my father hath written” as his source document for this family background. Interestingly, even though he quotes at least some portions of it directly (v. 14, for instance), he abbreviates it. Why? Even though Lehi’s experience is the context and very raison d’être of Nephi’s record, it is not its focus. He prefers to develop a narrative that reflects his own purposes.