He dwelt in a tent

I usually like to try to keep my thoughts nice and concise, I guess because I don't like the thought of people zoning out while reading them. But I feel like what I'm about to write is going to sound a lot like rambling, and I'll just have to live with that.
I've been very slowly going through the first couple chapters of first Nephi. It's a good thing, too, because I realized when I got to verse 15 of 1 Nephi Chapter 2 that all I'd picked up from the chapter was how much Laman and Lemuel were grumbling, how they weren't firm and steadfast, how they murmured, and how their father had to put them in their place, by talking to them until they shook.
Then comes verse 15, and it says "And my father dwelt in a tent". A very concise and simple statement that seems to me like Nephi's way of paying homage to his father. I guess when I read it it made me realize what kind of a person Lehi was. He had probably lived in Jerusalem his whole life, raised a family, was cleary reasonably wealthy, considering how his sons later went back and tried to buy the brass plates with a store of gold and precious things from their house. And then, because he is told in vision to leave he sets off into the wilderness, and now he lives in a tent. And he has to deal with the majority of his family constantly grumbling about having to be there. What an amazing man he was, to give it all up, and not expect anything in return.
And it made me remember something I noticed earlier in the chapter about Nephi. Nephi is narrarating this story, and in verse 5 he records that Lehi "did travel in the wilderness with his family, which consisted of my mother, Sariah, and my elder brothers, who were Laman, Lemuel, and Sam". Definitely sounds like there's someone missing there.
I respect Nephi for his humility, and he's a great example of obedience, and not seeking fame or glory or anything. I was thinking recently about how it should've been Laman, not Nephi, who kept the record, because he was the oldest, but he was too busy worrying about himself, and complaining about how hard things were. Nephi was the only one willing to forget himself and do what needed to be done, just like his dad.