The exclusion of the name draws attention to the fact that Jared was not left alone, but had a very special brother who intervened in his and his family’s behalf. What purpose could that possibly even serve? The name of this site (LDS Coloring Pages / LDScoloringpages.com) is meant to communicate the intended audience—i.e. Travis, I really like your suggestion, at least the way I am taking it. I’m not surprised I missed Sarah since she’s only in the Isaiah chapters – and I have to confess that I really only skim those, usually. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Jared and his brother lived in Babel. Jared isn’t the one to do the gathering. 1. It was not the Lord, who left him entirely on his own; and yet the man went right to work as if he knew exactly what he was doing. I can’t see the point of not including his name on the record. Oracle Of God: “You cannot kill a man who carries prophesy-Signs & Wonders-Sign is about God that He is, ... Queen Elizabeth II: “The death of President Buhari came to us as a shock. Joseph did so and gave the boy the name of Mahonri Moriancumer. Therefore the person outside of that line isn’t named so as to maintain the authority of King’s lineage and to undermine descendents of the Brother of Jared from seeking leadership. His name is not given in the Book of Mormon, but we learn through modern revelation, that it was Mahonri Moriancumer. The named women are Sariah, Abish, and Isabel; plus Mary, Eve and Sarah. Kaimi, Thanks! Your email address will not be published. http://www.ldsces.org/inst_manuals/bm-in-sm1996/bm1996-09-mor.htm#9-3, https://www.familysearch.org/search/records#count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3Amahonri~%20%2Bsurname%3Acahoon~. And for the space of three hours did the Lord talk with the brother of Jared, and chastened him because he remembered not to call upon the name of the Lord. The numbers in that sad account are keys to the brother of Jared’s problem and to the Master’s solution: four years and three hours. The Brother of Jared and his family faced great distress as they anticipated their journey across the ocean. In Ether 2:6 we read that the Brother of Jared built barges in which they crossed many waters. The numbers in that sad account are keys to the brother of Jared’s problem and to the Master’s solution: four years and three hours. . Joseph Smith said that the name was revealed to him, as discussed in the following quotation: Jared and his brother relate to each other as brothers, but as far as political leadership goes, Moriancumer is the main event. So we are especially hopeful to find someone of that description. Why is his name not recorded, Why did the brother of Jared cease praying during his time of the seashore? (Ether 3:20),” KnoWhy 237 (November 23, 2016). I am not an expert in Hebrew, but I believe one can write ‘Jared’ with three characters (???) The exclusion of the name draws attention to the fact that Jared was not left alone, but had a very special brother who intervened in his and his family’s behalf. *) is told to gather Jared and his family and friends. Beneath is additional conversation on this front: Here’s an internal dialog I just had between brains (it didn’t go too well) …. His faith and diligence not only allowed him to solve a problem but see the Lord. Nobody has ever produced anything written in such a language.And secondly if they were running out of or trying to conserver space why didn’t they just add more plates, or leave out boring geneological details? Why didn’t they cut out unimportant details? Mmmkay, brain, why is “Mahonri” more difficult to write or even speak than any other Book of Mormon name? Why did an all-knowing God prepare a plan for barges that had no light and no air? 8, pp. He is far more important in the narrative of the Book of Ether than Jared, so why isn't Jared called the brother of Moriancumer instead? The Name of the Brother of Jared Arguably the greatest prophet in the Book of Mormon, besides of course the Savior Himself, was the brother of Jared. Why is the brother of Jared called the brother of Jared? In Ether 3, the brother of Jared approached the Lord with sixteen stones to light the Jaredite barges as they traveled to the promised land. I should have remembered Eve. Jared asks him to pray for them and their friends, so that their language will not be confounded. Thomas, “The Brother of Jared at the Veil,” 391. Copyright © 2016 Times & Seasons. Because his faith was so great, he was able to see the finger of the Lord. The brother of Jared and his people crossed the sea to the Promised Land. Then we account for the fact that others are generally referred to by name by the fact (which I infer) that they are not the primary writers of their narratives, or at least that by the time Moroni is making his abridgment he is not following their own accounts very closely in his rapid survey of the history. He was clearly enough the de facto leader during his lifetime, but when he became old, the people wanted Jared and him to formally name one of their sons as king (Ether 6:22-3). Moroni understandably gives us much more detail on Moriancumer than on anyone else in Ether, and may be quoting or closely paraphrasing Moriancumer’s own account a fair bit, since it seems unlikely anyone else would have been making an account at the time with so much detail on such sacred experiences. In Ether 2:16 he is again commanded to build barges to cross ‘the great deep’. “While residing in Kirtland Elder Reynolds Cahoon had a son born to him. ), and word order (construct state) takes care of possession and definiteness. There’s no indication at all that the 24 gold plates were marred or maimed or damaged in any way, shape or form. Elder William F. Cahoon, who was standing near heard the Prophet make this statement to his father; and this was the first time the name of the brother of Jared was known in the Church in this dispensation” (“The Jaredites,” Juvenile Instructor, 1 May 1892, p. 282 n.). Doesn't God know how to design barges? But Jared and his brother and their families and friends were not wicked. Ok, I’m clearly having trouble both approaching and answering my question. However, if you are not “large and mighty,” we are also casting for Jared, for whom we have no physical description. Rather, it looks like Jared and his brother have the kind of mutual, cooperative relationship one might expect of good-hearted brothers, so that Moriancumer talks to his brother, listens to him, and is happy to do what he asks or follow his advice sometimes, because he is persuaded, or because it’s his brother asking, and not because of any special authority Jared has. 2) Few or no characters needed to represent the concept of possession (“of”) or definiteness (“the”). Another possibility is that by Ether’s day, hundreds and even thousands of years later, Moriancumer’s name had been forgotten. We still might wonder, though, after all that: so many other figures get referred to by name, and not just by their relationship to someone else, that even if Jared has more name recognition, why does the brother of Jared not get referred to by his own name? Brain, that makes no sense. The Brother of Jared and his family faced great distress as they anticipated their journey across the ocean. Five characters in all (not counting the space) for “the brother of Jared” (?? Do we refer to the discovery of America by “an Italian”? Edited November 21, 2011 by Doug the Hutt, Dunno. He had such great faith that he was able to see the physical personage of the Lord. The scriptures describe the Brother of Jared as “a large and mighty man” (Ether 1:34). Because most of the people there were wicked, the Lord punished them by making them unable to understand each other when they talked. 27, p. 282; and in the Improvement Era, vol. Mmmkay. Your email address will not be published. Because gold was scarce. This is particularly plausible if we assume that Moroni was writing in a language and writing system with similar characteristics to Hebrew, at least in the following regards: 1) Few characters needed to write the word “brother” One might think that Jared is more of a political leader, even though his brother is clearly the more spiritual one, and it is Jared’s political importance that makes him the one with the name recognition. However, George Reynolds relates the following account which indicates that the brother of Jared’s name was revealed to the Prophet Joseph Smith. One day when President Joseph Smith was passing his door he called the Prophet in and asked him to bless and name the baby. This coloring page was inspired by Ether 3 and the stones the Lord touched to light their vessels. The trick is, Moriancumer initially didn’t want their people to have a king at all. Because “Mahonri” was too difficult to spell. In an 1835 letter Oliver Cowdery parenthetically gives the name of the brother of Jared as "Moriancumer," which appears in the Book of Ether in the Book of Mormon only as a place name. ???). and “brother” two (?? He has been one of the active pillars in Africa. His great faith, as noted by Moroni, once caused a mountain, Zerin, to be removed ( Ether 12:30 ). through the work of *extremely*, even comically cautious, revisionist scribes! But Pagag refuses, as do all his brothers, apparently appreciating their father’s concerns about kings. Why is the brother of Jared called the brother of Jared? His faith and diligence not only allowed him to solve a problem but see the Lord. ;). Moroni described the event in language that recalls the revelatory experiences of other prophets, such The Brother of Jared and his family faced many challenges as they prepared to travel to a new land. Use it alongside your Come, Follow Me study. Why didn’t they do that with Ether’s geneology? *the brains didn’t feel like speaking to each other anymore today on the subject*. Who put him on to it? Maybe it’s analogous to how the author of the fourth Gospel always refers to himself as “the apostle whom the Lord loved” rather than by his name, John. The scriptures contain accounts of Nephi, Moses, the brother of Jared, and the Savior Himself going up to a mountain to commune with our Heavenly Father. As the scripture puts it, “he remembered not to call upon the name of the Lord.” This makes sence, because one, the elder brother would have the right to heredity title, and second it makes sence why the title is used instead of his name, because his name would nessisarily be very long, as is the kings name in Thailand, longest because it containes his dominion in his title, also frequently repetition is not polite. Joseph named him “Mahonri Moriancumer”, claiming that the Lord had just revealed the name to him: “The actual name of the brother of Jared is not given in the scriptures. Brother of Jared Sees the Finger of the Lord by Robert T. Barrett. 3) Many characters needed for either “Mahonri” or “Moriancumr”. Alma 8: 7–“7 Now it was the custom of the people of Nephi to call their lands, and their cities, and their villages, yea, even all their small villages, after the aname of him who first possessed them; and thus it was with the land of Ammonihah’. Or maybe they had better things to do than go digging for gold. This answer is given from an assumption of the book as what it claims to be. They loved the Lord and obeyed Him. At times, it looks like Jared is telling his brother what to do. I could totally imagine that happening . And for the space of three hours did the Lord talk with the brother of Jared, and chastened him because he remembered not to call upon the name of the Lord." It just couldn’t unless we’re working with a very inefficient language…. The visit of the Lord to the brother of Jared occurs about four years after the tower’s destruction, and before his group embarks on the ocean trip to America. John the Beloved doesn’t refer to himself by name, and even sometimes just refers to himself generically as a disciple, presumably to avoid seeming to aggrandize himself in his own version of the narrative. 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The name Moriancumer does appear in the Book of Ether in the Book of Mormon, as a place where the people pitched their tents.However, the name Mahonri Moriancumer is found nowhere in the text of the Book of Mormon, but he is consistently referred to as the "Brother of Jared." Since “Moriancumer” appears prominently in Ether while “Mahonri” doesn’t, for now I’m just going with “Moriancumer.”. The account of the brother of Jared seeing the finger, and then the spirit body, of the premortal Jesus Christ, is well known to readers of the Book of Mormon. According to Daddy:”Mormon had enough of engraving long names on the plates while running from his enemies and just said “forget it – I’m using the symbol for brother and leaving it at that”?Also an good explanation for the repeated use of “and it came to pass”. Because that part of all 41 occurrences of “Mahonri Moriancumer” on the 24 gold plates were smudged by some hoodlum gra-fe-to-taggers who, for whatever reason, thought it would be funny to erase his name from existence. So you’re placing “not revealing the name ‘Mahonri’ until a baby’s birth in 1834 where Joseph can demonstrate his ability to provide revelations from God as proof of his prophetic calling” alongside other axioms like “God is our eternal father”, “God created the Universe”, “Jesus is the Christ” and “If you love me keep my commandments”? That’s actually fairly common in the ancient world. Biblical Jared. This site and its products are not endorsed or affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. In fact, the Lord says that Moriancumer is to go at the head of them all as they travel (Ether 1:42). Also, in Arab culture, a nickname based on the name of one’s child, called a kunya, “is … frequently used with reference to politicians and other celebrities to indicate respect” (quoting Wikipedia article on “Kunya (Arabic)” accessed 2014-02-15). http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nORKtRu7nYs/UuEZOioKoOI/AAAAAAAACRg/K80Ar1kNd7Y/s1600/Jared%27s+Family+Group+Worksheet.jpg, Tikitikitembonosarembocharibariruchipipperripembo When they consent, the people choose Pagag, Moriancumer’s firstborn, reinforcing the point that Moriancumer is the primary leader, although he genially shares the role with his brother. The Brother of Jared’s veil experience. The prophet and leader of the founders of the Jaredite race. Do we teach US History referring to President Brother-of-Billy(Carter)? The typical answer is that the records we have come through the line of the Brother of Jared. When he had finished the blessing he laid the child on the bed, and turning to Elder Cahoon he said, the name I have given your son is the name of the brother of Jared; the Lord has just shown [or revealed] it to me. The lesson was about Ether 2 and 3 and as I prepared, I read in Ether 2:14 where the brother of Jared has a 3-hour sit-down with the Lord because he has not been praying like he should. Here’s my swipe at this much-pondered issue. A later account describes an 1834 statement by Joseph Smith in which he said that the brother of Jared's name had been revealed to him as "Mahonri Moriancumer": Good point, Curtis! This cartoon helps explain it all :-) This name was revealed to the Prophet Joseph Smith when he was asked to bless a son of Elder Reynolds Cahoon, and is recorded in the Juvenile Instructor vol. See Book of Mormon Central, “Why Did Jesus Minister to the People One by One? And for the space of three hours did the Lord talk with the brother of Jared, and chastened him because he remembered not to call upon the name of the Lord.” (Ether 2:14.) And yes, it’s a ridiculously low number. All of us have such a brother in Jesus Christ, whose mission is to give us immortality and help us all gain eternal life (Moses 1:39). Following up on Cameron’s point, length may well play a role for an oft-mentioned name in an abridged account. It made sense to just diminish him to “Brother of Jared”. Maybe it is because “Mahonri Moriancumer” is so long, after all . (3 … Joseph named him “Mahonri Moriancumer”, claiming that the Lord had just revealed the name to him: “The actual name of the brother of Jared is not given in the scriptures. LDS.org reported that “In 1834 Reynolds Cahoon asked Joseph to bless his newborn son. Required fields are marked *, You may use these HTML tags and attributes:

. When the brother of Jared begins to cry “unto the Lord,” he’s doing it (for all intents and purposes) in a temple. 1. 4. . Update: Breaking: Full name of ‘Brother of Jared’ in the book of Mormon revealed: the name is Mahonri Moriancumer–Prophet Joseph Smith’s revelation,1834 New York[RR]Salt Lake City, SLC–According to Doug the Hutt, Member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, LDS, “We encounter the five syllable, three word English pseudo-name “brother of Jared” […], Update: Breaking: Full name of ‘Brother of Jared’ in the book of Mormon revealed: the name is Mahonri Moriancumer–Prophet Joseph Smith’s revelation,1834, New York[RR]Salt Lake City, SLC–According to Doug the Hutt, Member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, LDS, “We encounter the five syllable, three word English pseudo-name “brother of Jared” 41 times in the Book of Ether, source: http://lds.org/scriptures/search?lang=eng&type=verse&query=%22brother+of+Jared%22. 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The Magazine Basic Theme by bavotasan.com. . : Maher-shalal-hash-baz mā´her—shăl-ăl—hăsh´bäz, Moriancumer mōr-ē-ăn´ka-mer (I’ve always thought this was the surname of Jared and Mahonri — now presenting Jared, and his brother Mahonri, Moriancumer….). *The Brother of Jared's given name was Mahonri Moriancumr (which might further explain why Ether never bothered recording it). http://lds.org/scriptures/search?lang=eng&type=verse&query=%22brother+of+Jared%22, Jibril Buhari not invited: Trump Invites Saraki to Launch of ‘Africa Strategy’ in Washington, Contradictions: “Fake And Multiple Faces Of “Abubakar Shekau”, Raises Doubts Of New Boko Haram Leader,”Abubakar Shekau”In Video–Washington Post, True Or False: Buhari ‘Never Touched Kobo Of Public Funds’ Through Out His Nigeria Military Career?-Republic Reporters. Chang, Interesting post! So, back to WHY….it just doesn’t make sense. All Rights Reserved. Mmmkay, brain, that’s quite convenient. The Book of Mormon does not disclose his name, but it was made known through a revelation to the Prophet Joseph Smith as Mahonri Moriancumer (“Questions and Answers” 704–05). You just have to have faith that it’s part of God’s Plan. See Book of Mormon Central, “Why Did Moroni Use Temple Imagery While Telling the Brother of Jared Story? “There are places in the BoM that tell us that they name the place after the person who found it. All of us have such a brother in Jesus Christ, whose mission is to give us immortality and help us all gain eternal life (Moses 1:39). So the first formal king, after all the other sons refuse, ends up being one of Jared’s sons, Orihah, and with the kingship staying in that line for many generations, Jared is established as the father of the royal line, rather than Moriancumer. (Ether 2:14) Here the Lord spends three hours rebuking the brother of Jared for his lack of prayer. For all these reasons, Latter-day Saints esteem the brother of Jared as one of the mightiest prophets who ever lived. JARED, BROTHER OF. Other scriptural quotations affirmed aforementioned argument or disposition. What may sometimes go unnoticed is the extensive use of temple imagery throughout this visionary account in Ether 3. Ether may not have known the name, neither by history nor revelation. Maybe Moriancumer did the same sort of thing in his record. Hey, you don’t know the makeup of the Jaredite written language. One interesting note is that Moriancumer is in the BoM.”. 704-705, as follows: 3. He is far more important in the narrative of the Book of Ether than Jared, so why isn’t Jared called the brother of Moriancumer instead? Just as John was emphasizing his relationship with the Lord, Ether may be trying to emphasize the sibling relationship—possibly because Jared was the subject of the nation’s founding mythology while Moriancumer was a mere historical footnote. Carole, there are actually six named women in the BoM. Because in the Jaredite language “Brother of Jared” physically took less space than “Mahonri” and the author was trying to conserve space. So, why is the “Brother of Jared” not called “Mahonri” in the Book of Mormon? Whaddaya mean ‘an axiom’? And as they came to the sea they pitched their tents; and they called the name of the place Moriancumer; and they dwelt in tents, and dwelt in tents upon the seashore for the space of four years. To me, what’s even more remarkable than the fact that the Brother of Jared isn’t mentioned by name is that, in the entire Book of Mormon, only four women are mentioned by name at all. Ridiculously low. 2. “It really just proves that JS made the whole thing up. . I was thinking of Sariah, Abish, Isabel, and Mary. But the Jaredites did make themselves rich with silver and gold and precious things. Both roles will be selected from the “Brother of Jared” auditions. And for the space of three hours did the Lord talk with the brother of Jared, and chastened him because he remembered not to call upon the name of the Lord.” (Ether 2:14.) By contrast, Mahonri alone would take at least five (assuming one writes the final ‘i’), and more if either the ‘a’ or ‘o’ are long. *this post, naturally enough, was sparked by a conversation with the other T&S bloggers, in which, for instance, Adam Miller suggested that just the “Moriancumer” part of “Mahonri Moriancumer” was meant to reflect the brother of Jared’s name. Temples are the mountain of the Lord’s house in our day. By Ether’s day, the Jaredites had been in spiritual decline for a long time, and Ether may have felt it necessary to reinforce the importance and respectability of his religious message by emphasizing that it originated with a man who was the brother of their founder. Neither do you. 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Ether 3:21 And it came to pass that the Lord said unto the brother of Jared: Behold, thou shalt not suffer these things which ye have seen and heard to go forth unto the world, until the time cometh that I shall glorify my name in the flesh; wherefore, ye shall treasure up the things which ye have seen and heard, and show it to no man. Between that and the fact that Ether himself is a descendant of Jared, it is pretty well settled that Jared is the one with the big name, especially by the time the Jaredites have been through several full-scale apostasies, disregarding the prophets, including in the time of Ether. I’m not saying anything. The name of the Book of Mormon personality, the brother of Jared, was Mahonri Moriancumer. The Book of Mormon Jared has the same name as the biblical patriarch Jared (Hebrew: יֶרֶד ‎ Yéreḏ, in pausa יָרֶד ‎ Yā́reḏ, "to descend"), in the Book of Genesis, who was the sixth in the ten pre-flood generations between Adam and Noah; he was the son of Mahalaleel and the father of Enoch, and lived 962 years (Genesis 5:18). Because God didn’t want anyone from 2500-2200BC to 1834 to know Mahonri’s name. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nORKtRu7nYs/UuEZOioKoOI/AAAAAAAACRg/K80Ar1kNd7Y/s1600/Jared%27s+Family+Group+Worksheet.jpg. Seems a major character is important enough to at least keep his name intact. Are you saying that God vandalized the 24 gold plates? LDS.org reported that “In 1834 Reynolds Cahoon asked Joseph to bless his newborn son. The Brother of Jared's Shining Stones The Brother of Jared's Shining Stones But who gave the brother of Jared the idea about stones in the first place? Why did the brother of Jared build all eight boats before asking God about the light and the air? Why? Joseph Smith learned it by revelation, or at least that’s what it appears that he claimed.

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