Verse Lens · Context pointer
Genesis 5:18 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 18. 18And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
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Role in This Section
Jared fathers Enoch at age 162, positioning the seventh named figure for the chapter's major exception.
Read It With
- Genesis 5:1–32
Read Genesis 5:18–20 together. Verses 18–20 complete Jared's ordinary entry before verses 21–24 describe Enoch's different walk and ending.
Why It Needs Context
This verse does not complete Jared's entry by itself; the connected verses supply the later years, other children, total lifespan, and death notice.
Read Genesis 5:18–20 together
Why these verses belong together: Jared's fatherhood, later years, other children, total, and death form the ordinary entry immediately before Enoch.
Verse 18. 18 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
Verse 19. 19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
Verse 20. 20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Genesis 5:1–32 — Adam's Generations Carry Life Through Death to NoahSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Reader-facing Scripture wording, verse numbering, paragraph data, and supplied-word markup.
Exact location: Pinned eBible/CrossWire standardized 1769 KJV corpus, Genesis 5:1–32
Open source ↗hebrew text morphology and lemma data
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible — Genesis
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, Version 2.2 released 2021; repository inspected 2026
Supports: Toledot heading, Adam/humanity wording, image and likeness, formulaic genealogy, Enoch walking and taking, death refrain, and Noah-comfort wordplay.
Exact location: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, wlc/Gen.xml, Genesis 5:1–32
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