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Jared

Hebrew: יֶרֶד —transliteration: Jered or Yered —possible meaning: descent

also known as: Jered and Yered

This was the name of 2 biblical men pre-Flood men.

  1. Jared, the 4th antediluvian patriarch in descent from Seth (Genesis 5:15-20; Luke 3:37)

    Jared was the father of Enoch, and the grandfather of Methuselah.

    He is called “Jered” in 1 Chronicles 1:2 KJV.

    Lineage from the 1st Adam to the 2nd Adam

    God → ADAM → Seth → Enos / Enosh → Cainan → Mahalalel / Mahalaleel → Jared → Enoch → Methuselah → Lamech → NOAH → Shem → Arphaxad / Arpachshad → Shelah → Eber / Heber (father of the Hebrews) → Peleg → Reu → Serug → Nahor → Terah → Abraham → Isaac → Jacob → Judah → Perez → Hezron → Ram → Amminadab → Nahshon → Salmon → Boaz → Obed → Jesse → KING DAVID and Queen Bathsheba → Prince Nathan → Mattathah → Menan / Menna → Melea → Eliakim → Jonan → Joseph → Judah → Simeon → Levi → Matthat → Jorim → Eliezer → Jose (Joshua, Jesus) → Er → Elmodam → Cosam → Addi → Melchi → Neri → Shealtiel → Zerubbabel → Rhesa → Joannas / Joanna → Judah → Joseph → Semei → Mattathiah / Mattathias → Maath → Naggai → Esli → Nahum → Amos → Mattathiah / Mattathias → Joseph → Janna → Melchi → Levi → Matthat → Heli → MARY, mother of Jesus → The 2nd Adam, JESUS THE CHRIST, the God-Man (wholly God and wholly human)

  2. Jared (Jered), probably a son of Ezra (1 Chronicles 4:17-18)

    His mother was Jehudijah, and he became the father of Gedor.

    And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. 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. —1 Chronicles 4:17-18 KJV

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Article Version: June 10, 2024