Jared or Jered (Hebrew: יֶרֶד‎ Yereḏ, in pausa יָרֶד‎ Yāreḏ, "he descends / he will descend"; Greek: Ἰάρετ or Ἰάρεδ, Iáret or Iáred; Arabic: يَارَد Yārad), in the Book of Genesis, was a sixth-generation descendant of Adam and Eve. His primary history is recounted in Genesis 5:18–20.