Jared
- Dates
- 3494–2532 BC
Name means "servant." The fourth patriarch from Seth, he was the son of Mahalalel and the father of Enoch, also called Jered (1 Chron. 1:2). He lived 962 years.
Bible passages
- Genesis 5:15
And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
- Genesis 5:20
And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
Text of the King James Version.