the brother of Jared

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Book of Mormon character Jaredite leader prophet

The brother of Jared is a prominent prophetic leader in the Book of Mormon narrative who guides the Jaredites during their divinely directed journey to the promised land and is noted for his exceptional faith and visionary experiences.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Brother of Jared	3
the brother of Jared canonical	3
Jared (founder of the Jaredites)	2
Enoch son of Jared	1
brother of Jared (Jaredite patriarch)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9400067 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: the brother of Jared
Context triple: [Jaredites, keyFigure, the brother of Jared]

A. Nephi
Nephi is a prominent prophet and early leader in the Book of Mormon, regarded as the righteous founder and namesake of the Nephite civilization.
B. Reuel
Reuel is a biblical figure identified as another name for Jethro, the Midianite priest and father-in-law of Moses.
C. Reuel
Reuel is the middle name of famed English author and philologist J. R. R. Tolkien, used as part of his full name John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.
D. Moroni
Moroni is a key figure in Latter-day Saint scripture, revered as the last Nephite prophet who compiled and buried the golden plates later translated as the Book of Mormon.
E. Moroni
Moroni is the given first name of American silent film actor and comedian Mack Swain.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: the brother of Jared
Target entity description: The brother of Jared is a prominent prophetic leader in the Book of Mormon narrative who guides the Jaredites during their divinely directed journey to the promised land and is noted for his exceptional faith and visionary experiences.

A. Nephi
Nephi is a prominent prophet and early leader in the Book of Mormon, regarded as the righteous founder and namesake of the Nephite civilization.
B. Reuel
Reuel is the middle name of famed English author and philologist J. R. R. Tolkien, used as part of his full name John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.
C. Reuel
Reuel is a biblical figure identified as another name for Jethro, the Midianite priest and father-in-law of Moses.
D. Moroni
Moroni is a key figure in Latter-day Saint scripture, revered as the last Nephite prophet who compiled and buried the golden plates later translated as the Book of Mormon.
E. Moroni
Moroni is the given first name of American silent film actor and comedian Mack Swain.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Book of Mormon character ⓘ Jaredite leader ⓘ prophet ⓘ
action	carried stones to the top of a mountain ⓘ molten sixteen small stones from rock ⓘ prayed that the language of his family would not be confounded ⓘ
appearsIn	Book of Ether ⓘ Book of Mormon ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	confounding of languages at the Tower of Babel ⓘ
associatedWithObject	barges built for ocean crossing ⓘ
associatedWithPlace	mount Shelem ⓘ
associatedWithText	sealed portion of the gold plates ⓘ
covenant	received knowledge that his record would come forth in the last days ⓘ
describedIn	Ether 1–6 ⓘ linked to: Ether 6
familyRelation	brother of Jared (Jaredite patriarch) ⓘ linked to: the brother of Jared
gender	male ⓘ
guidedBy	the Lord ⓘ
journeyedTo	the promised land ⓘ
knownFor	exceptional faith ⓘ prayer of great faith at the Tower of Babel era ⓘ receiving divine instructions for oceanic travel ⓘ seeing the premortal Christ ⓘ visionary experiences ⓘ
languageStatus	language preserved by God from being confounded ⓘ
ledGroup	Jaredites ⓘ
ledTo	establishment of the Jaredite civilization in the promised land ⓘ
praisedBy	Moroni for exceeding faith ⓘ
prayedTo	the Lord to touch the stones ⓘ
problemFaced	air supply in the barges ⓘ lack of light in the barges ⓘ
proposedSolution	molten stones to provide light ⓘ
reaction	fell with fear when he saw the finger of the Lord ⓘ
receivedCommandment	to gather flocks and seeds ⓘ to gather his family and friends ⓘ to travel to a land choice above all other lands ⓘ
receivedFrom	promise from God to lead his people to a promised land ⓘ
receivedInstruction	to make holes in the barges for air ⓘ
record	visionary account sealed up by Moroni ⓘ
religiousRole	mediator between God and the Jaredites ⓘ
religiousTradition	Latter-day Saint movement ⓘ linked to: Latter-day Saint movement churches
role	prophetic guide during the Jaredite migration ⓘ spiritual leader of the Jaredites ⓘ
scripturalAssessment	no man had before exercised such great faith as the brother of Jared ⓘ
theology	learned that Christ would take upon him flesh and blood ⓘ learned that man was created in the image of Christ ⓘ
timePeriod	post–Tower of Babel era (ancient Near East, traditional LDS chronology) ⓘ
vision	saw the finger of the Lord touch the stones ⓘ saw the premortal body of Jesus Christ ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jaredites → keyFigure → the brother of Jared ⓘ

Jaredites → prophetAmong → the brother of Jared ⓘ

Hanoch → isDistinctFrom → Enoch son of Jared ⓘ