1 Nephi 17:7

And it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had been in the land of Bountiful

for the space of many days,

the voice of the Lord came unto me, saying:

Arise, and get thee into the mountain.

And it came to pass that I arose and went up into the mountain,

and cried unto the Lord.

1 Nephi 17:8

And it came to pass that the Lord spake unto me, saying:

Thou shalt construct a ship, after the manner which I shall show thee,

that I may carry thy people across these waters.

1 Nephi 17:9

And I said:

Lord, whither shall I go that I may find ore to molten,

that I may make tools to construct the ship

after the manner which thou hast shown unto me?

1 Nephi 17:10

And it came to pass that the Lord told me

whither I should go to find ore, that I might make tools.

1 Nephi 17:11

And it came to pass that

I, Nephi, did make a bellows wherewith to blow the fire,

of the skins of beasts;

and after I had made a bellows,

that I might have wherewith to blow the fire,

I did smite two stones together that I might make fire.

1 Nephi 17:12

For the Lord had not hitherto suffered that we should make much fire,

as we journeyed in the wilderness;

for he said: I will make thy food become sweet, that ye cook it not;

1 Nephi 17:13

And I will also be your light in the wilderness;

and I will prepare the way before you,

if it so be that ye shall keep my commandments;

wherefore, inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments

ye shall be led towards the promised land;

and ye shall know that it is by me that ye are led.

1 Nephi 17:14

Yea, and the Lord said also that:

After ye have arrived in the promised land,

ye shall know that I, the Lord, am God;

and that I, the Lord, did deliver you from destruction;

yea, that I did bring you out of the land of Jerusalem.

1 Nephi 17:15

Wherefore, I, Nephi, did strive to keep the commandments of the Lord,

and I did exhort my brethren to faithfulness and diligence.

1 Nephi 17:16

And it came to pass that I did make tools of the ore

which I did molten out of the rock.