Jared (ancestor of Noah)

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Jared (Hebrew: ירד) in Judeo-Christian religious belief was a fifth generation descendent of the first human beings, the man called Adam and his wife, Eve. His father Mahalalel, great-grandson of Seth, was 65 years of age when Jared was born.

While the Bible speaks of Jared having become father to several sons and daughters, only Enoch is specifically noted by name (born to his father in Jared’s 162nd year) [ref. Gen.5:18, 22a, 24; Hebrews 11:5b; Jude vs.14&15]. The sole named grandchild of Jared’s is Enoch’s son Methuselah, the longest living human mentioned in the Bible [ref. Gen.5:18, 21, 27]. Additionally, Jared was a forefather of Noah and his children, and a pre-Global Flood ancestor of Jesus Christ [ref. Luke 3:23-37]. Jared was 962 years old when he died, the second longest living person mentioned in the Bible.

His story is accounted in Genesis 5:18-20.

In English translations of the Bible, such as the KJV, the name Jared is academically pronounced dʒā-rĕd accordant with classic Biblical enunciation; generally though it is informally pronounced dʒĕ-rĕd\rəd. In the original Hebrew language as found in the TaNaKh (Hebrew Bible) it is pronounced yĕ\yā́-rĕḏ, written ירד (e.g., haTorah@Bəréšítʰ 5:15b&16.)