Jared (biblical figure)

Jared
Jared (Canterbury Cathedral, stained glass window)
SpouseBaraka
ChildrenEnoch
and others
ParentMahalalel

Jared or Jered (Hebrew: יֶרֶד‎ Yereḏ, in pausa יָרֶד‎ Yāreḏ, "he descends / he will descend"; Greek: Ἰάρετ or Ἰάρεδ, Iáret or Iáred; Arabic: يَارَد Yārad), in the Book of Genesis, was a sixth-generation descendant of Adam and Eve. His primary history is recounted in Genesis 5:18–20.

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