Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Genesis 5:20 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 20. 20And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
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Quick Meaning
Jared's entry closes at 962 years with the repeated words 'and he died,' returning the reader to mortality even after an extraordinarily long life.
Read It With
- Genesis 5:1–32
Read Genesis 5:18–20 together. The fatherhood notice, later years, other children, total, and death form one complete genealogical entry.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Jared's death supplies the expected contrast with what will not be said of Enoch.
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.
What Remains True
Jared's ordinary death notice immediately prepares the contrast with Enoch, whose entry will omit the refrain and say that God took him.
How It Can Shape Life
- Let repeated patterns make genuine textual exceptions more visible instead of flattening every life into the same lesson.
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 Verse Lens
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
Open source ↗Translation and textual notes
NET Bible — Genesis with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, Digital edition accessed 2026
Supports: Adam as humanity, image and likeness, Enoch idiom, Noah wordplay, name cautions, and translation alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible, Genesis 5 translator notes
Open NET Genesis 5 ↗