The genesis story of the Jaredite people arrives at the important part of the story. Jared “began to be old,” a phrase we see in the Book of Mormon, which indicates that the patriarch is on his deathbed. This is the story of the transition from a single family (and friends) to larger divisions that would still trace their origin back to Jared. It is a parallel to the delineation of the tribal affiliations which we saw as Lehi gathered his family and blessed them according to what became a standard tribal identification system.