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Jared

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Also known as Jareth, Jered, Yered

biblical figure

Key facts

Spouse
Baraka
Children
Enoch , and others
Parent
Mahalalel

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Jared or Jered (Hebrew: יֶרֶד‎ Yereḏ, in pausa יָרֶד‎ Yāreḏ, "he descends / he will descend"; Greek: Ἰάρετ or Ἰάρεδ, Iáret or Iáred; Arabic: يَارَد Yārad), in the Book of Genesis, was a sixth-generation descendant of Adam and Eve. His primary history is recounted in Genesis 5:18–20.

Modern scholarship

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