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Person

Jared

Also called Jered

Mentioned in 7 verses across 3 books, first in Genesis 5:15. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

In the Bible

All 7 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Genesis

  • Genesis 5:15

    When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he became the father of Jared.

  • Genesis 5:16

    And after he had become the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.

  • Genesis 5:18

    When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.

  • Genesis 5:19

    And after he had become the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

  • Genesis 5:20

    So Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.

1 Chronicles

Luke

  • Luke 3:37

    the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan,

Events

Events the dataset lists Jared as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

  1. c. 3544 BC
    Birth of JaredGenesis 5:15
  2. c. 3544 BC
    Lifetime of JaredGenesis 5:18–20
  3. c. 3382 BC
    Birth of EnochGenesis 5:18
  4. c. 2582 BC
    Death of JaredGenesis 5:20

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

The fourth antediluvian patriarch in descent from Seth (Gen. 5:15-20; Luke 3:37), the father of Enoch; called Jered in 1 Chr. 1:2.

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