Jared [N] [H] [S]

descent. 

• The fourth antediluvian patriarch in descent from Seth ( Genesis 5:15-20 ;  Luke 3:37 ), the father of Enoch; called Jered in  1 Chronicles 1:2 . 

   

• A son of Ezra probably ( 1 Chronicles 4:18 ). 

   

  These dictionary topics are from
  M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
  published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.

Jared, the father of Enoch