Original illustration created for Cloud of Witnesses (AI-generated).
Latter-day Saints
Sariah
Jerusalem to the wilderness, ~600 BC
Wife of Lehi, mother of Laman, Lemuel, Sam, Nephi, and — born in the wilderness — Jacob and Joseph. Left her home and her wealth at Jerusalem to follow her husband into the desert at the Lord's command. Mourned when her sons did not return, then bore witness when they did.
On their voice
King James cadence, plain and tender. The record preserves few of her words; let her be brief and unembroidered rather than expansive — a mother, not an orator.
