Very interesting, from When a Jew Reads the Book of Mormon(see complete article at link below)
"The Brother of Jared knew about the zohar that lit Noah’s Ark
Brother of Jared asking God to make stones give light
The Brother of Jared following Noah’s example”
If you will now turn to Genesis 6:16 and read the verse and the footnote. “A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.” Notice that the word “window” has been mistranslated, and the footnote says, “HEB tsohar; some rabbis believed it was a precious stone that shone in the ark” (Ether 2:23 (23–24).
The Hebrew word Zohar, means “light” or “brilliance” and that light was connected with magical stones. The Brother of Jared logically thought that if it worked for Noah, it could work for his eight dark ships. Hence, sixteen stones presented to the Savior to be set aglow by His touch."https://thirdhour.org/blog/faith/jew-reads-book-mormon/
