Topic
Jared
11 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
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- Luke 3:37Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. An ancestor of Jesus
Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,
- Genesis 5:15Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Also called JERED — A descendant of Seth
¶ And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
- 1 Chronicles 1:2Easton · ISBE · Nave 1. Also called JERED — A descendant of Seth
Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,
- Genesis 5:15–20Easton · ISBE
¶ And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died. ¶…
- Genesis 5:16Smith · Nave 1. Also called JERED — A descendant of Seth
And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Genesis 4:18ISBE
And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
- Genesis 5:18–20Smith
¶ And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch: And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
- Genesis 5:18Nave 1. Also called JERED — A descendant of Seth
¶ And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
- Genesis 5:19Nave 1. Also called JERED — A descendant of Seth
And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Genesis 5:20Nave 1. Also called JERED — A descendant of Seth
And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
- 1 Chronicles 4:18Easton
And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 4 references
Descent. (1.) 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.
(2.) A son of Ezra probably (1 Chr. 4:18).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 4 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 7 references
ja'-red (yeredh, "descent"; pausal form, yaredh, in Ge 5:15; 1Ch 1:2, hence, English Versions of the Bible "Jared" for "Jered"; Iared): In Ge 5:15-20; 1Ch 1:2; Lu 3:37, son of Mahalaleel and father of Enoch. The King James Version has "Jered" in 1Ch 1:2.
The name is supposed by Budde to denote a degeneration of the human race, the first five generations being righteous, their successors not, except Enoch and Noah. The name has been identified with that of Irad (iradh), Ge 4:18. See Skinner, Gen, 117, 129, 131.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.