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Irad

A man, before the Flood · Early Patriarch · named in 1 verse

the name means fugitive Strong's Lexicon

Irad was a descendant of Cain and the father of Mehujael.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Runner; wild ass, one of the antediluvian patriarchs, the father of Mehujael (Gen. 4:18), and grandson of Cain.

Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.

Family

Parents Enoch
Children Mehujael

From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.

First named at Genesis 4:18.

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