Genesis 5:20

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

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Interpretation

Concerning each of these, except Enoch, it is said, "and he died." It is well to Notice the deaths of others. They all lived very long; not one of them died till he had seen almost eight hundred years, and some of them lived much longer; a great while for an immortal soul to be prisoned in a house of clay.

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This thought runs through Genesis 5:18-20.

Genesis 5:18 Genesis 5:19 Genesis 5:20

Glossary

Jared Person: Descent. (1. ) The fourth antediluvian patriarch in descent from Seth ( Gen. 5:15-20 ; Luke 3:37 ), the father of Enoch; called Jered in 1 Chr. 1:2 . (2. ) A son of Ezra probably ( 1 Chr. 4:18 ).