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Our family consisted of my father Lehi, my mother Sariah, my older brothers, Laman, Lemuel and Sam, and myself. We traveled south into the wilderness, down the shoreline of the Red Sea.

After traveling three days, we pitched our tents in a valley near a river. Here my father built an altar of stones, made an offering and gave thanks to the Lord.

The valley where we camped was at the mouth of the river that flowed into the Red Sea. My father named the river after Laman