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Mashalalel's son and Enoch's father: Genesis 5:15-20 | 1 Chronicles 1:2 | Luke 3:37

Descent.

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

• A son of Ezra probably (1 Chronicles 4:18).

(descent), one of the antediluvian patriarchs, and father of Enoch (Genesis 5:15,16,18-20; Luke 3:37)

In the lists of Chronicles the name is given in the Authorized Version JERED.

ja'-red (yeredh, "descent"; pausal form, yaredh, in Genesis 5:15; 1 Chronicles 1:2, hence, English Versions of the Bible "Jared" for "Jered"; Iared): In Genesis 5:15-20; 1 Chronicles 1:2; Luke 3:37, son of Mahalaleel and father of Enoch. The King James Version has "Jered" in 1 Chronicles 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), Genesis 4:18. See Skinner, Gen, 117, 129, 131.

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