Jacob 2

Jacob 2:34 And now behold, my brethren, ye know that these commandments were given to our father, Lehi; wherefore, ye have known them before. I don't believe I had realized that the specific commandment to eschew multiple wives had been given to Lehi, and hearing that, it makes me wonder at the comment that the only time the Lord would command polygamy would be when he wanted to raise up seed. Wouldn't sending the two families of Lehi and Ishmael into a new world be a time when he would want to raise up seed? Of course, if they were going to mix with indigenous people, he wouldn't need them reproducing like mad. Back to the original idea--this issue had come up before, requiring the specific revelation on multiple wives to be given to Lehi. Interestingly enough, it would appear that the issue was one that the Lamanites didn't struggle with. If you were to ask me which of Lehi's children were most likely to say, "Hey, dad, how's about I marry another one of Ishmael's daughters?", I would have had my money on Laman or Lemuel, not Nephi, Sam, Joseph, or Jacob. Of course, it may well have been one of their children that asked, and who knows, maybe it was part of why the records went to Jacob instead of Nephi's own children.