Hugh Nibley wrote of the similarities between the customs of the Lamanites and the Bedouins of Arabia, with whom Lehi and Ishmael would have been familiar or perhaps were even related to. Referring to the scattering at the waters of Sebus, Dr. Nibley wrote: “If ever there was an authentic piece of Bedouin mischief that is it. And of course it led to fights and reprisals in the best desert manner (Alma 18:6). Among others these rascals scattered the flocks of their own king and yet continued active in the social and political life of the community—how weak and poorly organized a government, and how typical of the East! (Alma 17:26–27; 19:21)” (Approach to the Book of Mormon, 73–74).