Jered

Son of Mered, founder of Gedor.

A written article for Jered is still to come. Below and alongside: where Jered appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

1800 BC

1700 BC
Jered

c. 1700 BC

Original word

יֶרֶד jared, jered

H3382

Relationships

Child: Gedor Father: Ishbah Father: Mered Child: Gedor Mother: Jehudijah Brother: Heber Brother: Ishbah Brother: Jekuthiel Sister: Miriam Brother: Shammai

Citations

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Where Jered appears in Scripture

Genesis 5

וַיְחִי מַֽהֲלַלְאֵל חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת-יָֽרֶד׃

And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:

וַיְחִי מַֽהֲלַלְאֵל אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת-יֶרֶד שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וּשְׁמֹנֶה מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת׃

And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:

וַֽיְחִי-יֶרֶד שְׁתַּיִם וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וּמְאַת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת-חֲנֽוֹךְ׃

And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:

וַֽיְחִי-יֶרֶד אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת-חֲנוֹךְ שְׁמֹנֶה מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת׃

And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

וַיִּֽהְיוּ כָּל-יְמֵי-יֶרֶד שְׁתַּיִם וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וּתְשַׁע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיָּמֹֽת׃

And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.

1 Chronicles 1

קֵינָן מַֽהֲלַלְאֵל יָֽרֶד׃

Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,

1 Chronicles 4

וְאִשְׁתּוֹ הַיְהֻֽדִיָּה יָֽלְדָה אֶת-יֶרֶד אֲבִי גְדוֹר וְאֶת-חֶבֶר אֲבִי שׂוֹכוֹ וְאֶת-יְקֽוּתִיאֵל אֲבִי זָנוֹחַ וְאֵלֶּה בְּנֵי בִּתְיָה בַת-פַּרְעֹה אֲשֶׁר לָקַח מָֽרֶד׃

And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.