Bible Strands
Genesis 5:18
When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator of the patriarchal genealogy records Jared’s life at the precise moment he reaches 162 years of age, situated between Mahalalel’s recorded death and Jared’s subsequent 800-year period.
The words — יֶ֕רֶד (Ye.red) identifies Jared, and וַ/יּ֖וֹלֶד (va/i.Yo.led) literally means "and he fathered," marking the transition to the next generation.
The thread — The name Enoch appears across distinct biblical lines: in Cain’s city-building account (Genesis 4:17), in the prophetic citation (Jude 1:14), and in the post-flood genealogical chain (1 Chronicles 1:3).
Why it lands — It requires the reader to maintain exact generational tracking within the recorded lineage, treating each lifespan as a fixed chronological marker rather than a symbolic figure.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
Cross-references
- Jude 1:14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones
- Genesis 4:17 And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch.
- 1 Chronicles 1:3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah.
- Luke 3:37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan,