- Jared’s family and friends, or Jaredites, travel to the northern valley, called Nimrod, with their livestock, bird, fish and bees.
- The Lord appears to the brother of Jared in a cloud, and directs him further into uncharted lands.
- The Jaredites follow the Lord’s directions, travel in the wilderness, and build barges, in preparation for a migration to a land of promise.
- The Jaredites arrive at the sea shore, and set up camp there, where they stay there for four years.
- The Lord comes to the brother of Jared again in the form of a cloud, chastises him for not having prayed more during the past four years, and commands him to build more barges, like the ones he has already built.