87 Yea, and he also thinketh that he can cross these great waters.
88 And thus my brethren did complain against me, and were desirous that they might not labor, for they did not believe that I could build a ship;
89 Neither would they believe that I was instructed of the Lord.
90 And now it came to pass that I, Nephi, was exceeding sorrowful, because of the hardness of their hearts;
91 And now when they saw that I began to be sorrowful, they were glad in their hearts, insomuch that they did rejoice over me, saying,
92 We knew that ye could not construct a ship, for we knew that ye were lacking in judgment; wherefore, thou canst not accomplish so great a work;
93 And thou art like unto our father, led away by the foolish imaginations of his heart;
94 Yea, he hath led us out of the land of Jerusalem; and we have wandered in the wilderness for these many years;
95 And our women have toiled, being big with child; and they have borne children in the wilderness and suffered all things, save it were death;
96 And it would have been better that they had died, before they came out of Jerusalem, than to have suffered these afflictions.
97 Behold, these many years we have suffered in the wilderness, which time we might have enjoyed our possessions, and the land of our inheritance; yea, and we might have been happy;
