Génesis 5:20

20 Jared vivió novecientos sesenta y dos años y después murió.

Génesis 5:20 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 5:20

And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two
years, and he died.
] The name of this patriarch signifies "descending"; and, according to the Arabic writers ^F17, he had his name from the posterity of Seth, descending from the holy mountain in his time; for upon a noise being heard on the mountain, about an hundred men went down to the sons of Cain, contrary to the prohibition and dehortation of Jared, and mixed themselves with the daughters of Cain, which brought on the apostasy: when Jared was near his end, he called to him Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah, and their children, and said unto them, ye know what some have done, that they have gone down from the mountain, and have had conversation with the daughters of Cain, and have defiled themselves; take you care of your purity, and do not descend from the holy mountain; after which he blessed them, and having appointed Enoch his successor, he died the twelfth of Adar, answering to February, A. M. 1922: according to the Samaritan version, he lived only eight hundred and forty seven years: he died, according to Bishop Usher, A. M. 1422.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 Elmacinus, & Patricides in ib. p. 235.

Génesis 5:20 In-Context

18 Cuando Jared tenía ciento sesenta y dos años, fue padre de Enoc.

19 Después del nacimiento de Enoc, Jared vivió ochocientos años más y tuvo otros hijos e hijas.

20 Jared vivió novecientos sesenta y dos años y después murió.

21 Cuando Enoc tenía sesenta y cinco años, fue padre de Matusalén.

22 Después del nacimiento de Matusalén, Enoc vivió en íntima comunión con Dios trescientos años más y tuvo otros hijos e hijas.