Bible Strands
Genesis 5:20
So Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator continues the patriarchal genealogy from Adam through Seth, recording the lifespan and death of Jared between the birth of Enoch and the birth of Methuselah.
The words — כָּל־יְמֵי (kol-yemei) translates literally to "all the days of," while שָׁנָה (shanah) means "year," structuring the precise 962-year count before the death statement.
The thread — This formula of recording total years followed by death recurs throughout the Genesis 5 genealogy (Genesis 5:5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 27, 31) and reappears in later patriarchal records (Genesis 9:29; Luke 3:36-38).
Why it lands — The text establishes a fixed chronological framework for the pre-flood lineage while unambiguously marking the boundary of human mortality in each generation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.