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.