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Jared

JAIR-uhd · from Yered · means “Descent”

Jared is a Hebrew name meaning "descent" or "one who descends." He appears in Genesis as the father of Enoch and an ancestor of Noah, remembered for a remarkably long life of 962 years. His name links generations together in Scripture's earliest family record.

“When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch.”

The story behind the name

Jared is named in the genealogy of Genesis 5, part of the line running from Adam toward Noah. He lived 962 years, the longest recorded lifespan in the Bible, and became the father of Enoch, the man who walked with God and was taken to heaven.

Little else is written about Jared himself, yet his place in the family line matters. He carried forward the generations through which God's promises would travel, from Adam's fall toward the flood and, much later, toward Christ.

Luke's genealogy of Jesus reaches all the way back through this same line to Adam (Luke 3). A boy named Jared carries a quiet name of faithful generations, a reminder that ordinary lives passed down matter to God.

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