10 And after they had given thanks unto the God of Israel, my father, Lehi, took the records which were engraven upon the^aplates of brass, and he did search them from the beginning.

 11 And he beheld that they did contain the five ^abooks of Moses, which gave an account of the creation of the world, and also of Adam and Eve, who were our first parents;

 12 And also a ^arecord of the Jews from the beginning, even down to the commencement of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah;

 13 And also the prophecies of the holy prophets, from the beginning, even down to the commencement of the reign of^aZedekiah; and also many prophecies which have been spoken by the mouth of ^bJeremiah.

 14 And it came to pass that my father, Lehi, also found upon the^aplates of brass a ^bgenealogy of his ^cfathers; wherefore he knew that he was a descendant of ^dJoseph; yea, even that Joseph who was the son of ^eJacob, who was ^fsold into Egypt, and who was^gpreserved by the hand of the Lord, that he might preserve his father, Jacob, and all his household from perishing with famine.

 15 And they were also ^aled out of captivity and out of the land of Egypt, by that same God who had preserved them.

 17 And now when my father saw all these things, he was filled with the Spirit, and began to prophesy concerning his seed—

 18 That these ^aplates of brass should go forth unto all ^bnations, kindreds, tongues, and people who were of his seed.

 19 Wherefore, he said that these plates of brass should ^aneverperish; neither should they be dimmed any more by time. And he prophesied many things concerning his seed.

 20 And it came to pass that thus far I and my father had kept the commandments wherewith the Lord had commanded us.

 21 And we had obtained the records which the Lord had commanded us, and searched them and found that they were desirable; yea, even of great ^aworth unto us, insomuch that we could ^bpreserve the commandments of the Lord unto our children.

 22 Wherefore, it was wisdom in the Lord that we should carry them with us, as we journeyed in the wilderness towards the land of promise.(My only thoughts here are from verse 21....the scriptures were of GREAT WORTH!  And that they were DESIREABLE!  There have been times in my life that I have felt those exact things about the scriptures.  I always have those feelings about them adn I know that they are good, but the times that I am in them everyday are the times that I see of their GREAT WORTH!  And I see how DESIREABLE they are!  I am there rightnow!  I love reading them and I love learning from them.  and even thgouth most days it is at the END of the day that I am reading and writing, I still desire the word all day!  I love to be in the scriptures!!