Person Old Testament
Irad
Irad was a descendant of Cain and the father of Mehujael. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Genesis 4:18.
Why it matters. Descendant of Cain; father of Mehujael.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Irad
Irad is mentioned in the genealogy of Cain's descendants in Gen.4.18. He was the son of Enoch and the father of Mehujael. Irad represents the fourth generation after Cain. The passage traces the line of Cain down to Lamech. No other details are provided about Irad's life or character. His name may mean "fleet" or "wild ass" in Hebrew.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Genesis (1 verse)