Person Old and New Testament
Jared
Also known as Jared =ESV, NIV; Jered =KJV
Jared was an ancestor of Noah and the father of Enoch, who walked with God. Mentioned in 7 verses across 3 books, first at Genesis 5:15.
Why it matters. Ancestor of Noah; father of Enoch
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Jared
Jared is mentioned in the genealogies of Gen.5.15-20 and 1Ch.1.2 as a descendant of Seth, the third son of Adam and Eve. He was the son of Mahalalel and the father of Enoch. Jared lived to the age of 962 years, making him the second-longest-lived person mentioned in the Bible after Methuselah. He was born when Mahalalel was 65 years old and had other sons and daughters in addition to Enoch. Jared's life is notable for being the father of Enoch, who is described as walking with God and being taken by God without experiencing death (Gen.5.22-24). In Luk.3.37, Jared is also mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus Christ, emphasizing the continuity of God's plan from creation to the coming of the Messiah.
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 7 verses across 3 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.