He could regard the land with calm impartiality.

And when he saw his parents so glad to be at home again, he thought how strange it was that lifeless earth should have so much power over the heart.

Does not the Heavenly Father hold the whole earth in his hand?
Does not man carry his home within his own bosom?
Their possessions were tied on to the back of a camel, and they trudged cheerfully after it.

Joseph carried an axe at his waist in order to defend them from attacks, but he only had occasion to try it on the blocks of wood that lay in the road, which he liked to hack at a little if they were good timber.

The nearer they approached the capital the more animated the stony roads became.