Jared See also Jared, Brother of; Jaredites A Book of Mormon leader who, with his brother, led a colony of people from the Tower of Babel to a promised land in the western hemisphere (Ether 1:33–2:1). Jared asked his brother to pray that the Lord not confound the language of their families and friends, Ether 1:34–37. Journeyed to the sea and dwelt there for four years, Ether 2:13. Sailed to the promised land, Ether 6:4–12.