“The gathering of ‘the seeds of fruit of every kind’ prepares our minds for the central symbol of Lehi’s dream: the fruit of the tree of life, a fruit ‘desirable above all other fruit’ (verse 12); the ‘seeds’ anticipate Lehi’s concern for his own ‘seed’ (verse 3); and the repetition of ‘every kind’ foreshadows the many kinds of people and paths in the dream. The gathering of the seeds also suggests that they were ready for a long journey that would take years, and that this was therefore the right time for Lehi to receive his historic vision” (Packard and Packard, Feasting upon the Word, 14).