Jared

Jared is one of the antediluvian patriarchs in the line from Seth to Noah, named in Genesis, repeated in the opening genealogy of 1 Chronicles, and carried forward into Luke's genealogy of Jesus. The name also appears in the older form Jered.

Descendant of Seth

Jared enters the record in the fifth chapter of Genesis, between Mahalalel and Enoch. Mahalalel "lived sixty-five years, and begot Jared" (Gen 5:15), and "lived after he begot Jared 830 years, and begot sons and daughters" (Gen 5:16). Jared in turn "lived 162 years, and begot Enoch" (Gen 5:18), then "lived after he begot Enoch 800 years, and begot sons and daughters" (Gen 5:19). The summary closes the entry: "all the days of Jared were 962 years: and he died" (Gen 5:20).

The Chronicler reproduces the same line in compressed form, listing Jared between Mahalalel and (by implication) Enoch in the run from Adam down to Noah: "Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared," (1 Chr 1:2).

Ancestor of Jesus

Luke traces the genealogy of Jesus back through the same antediluvian fathers, naming Jared in his place between Enoch and Mahalaleel: "the [son] of Methuselah, the [son] of Enoch, the [son] of Jared, the [son] of Mahalaleel, the [son] of Cainan," (Luke 3:37). The two witnesses agree on the placement; Luke's spelling of Jared's father as Mahalaleel preserves the form found in his source.