And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begot Jared:
15. Jared ] Heb. Yared = “a going down.” Cf. Jordan (Heb. Yardn) = “the going down, or descending, river” (?). The Book of jubilees, written in the latter part of the second century b.c., made use of this Hebrew etymology of the name, and connected it with the descending of angels upon the earth, when “the sons of God saw the daughters of men,” &c., Gen 6:2. To suppose that it denotes “descent,” in the sense of “deterioration,” is very far fetched.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared. A hundred and sixty, according to the Septuagint version.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Gen 5:15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
Ver. 15. And begat Jared, ] i.e., One that is going down, sc. , to the dust of death: for, to live, is but to lie a-dying: every day we yield somewhat to death, and a man’s cradle stands in his grave.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: Gen 5:15-17
15Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Jared. 16Then Mahalalel lived eight hundred and thirty years after he became the father of Jared, and he had other sons and daughters. 17So all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he died.
Gen 5:15 Mahalalel This means praise of God (BDB 239).
Jared This means descent (BDB 434).
Fuente: You Can Understand the Bible: Study Guide Commentary Series by Bob Utley
Jared = descent.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
am 460, bc 3544
Jared: Heb. Jered, 1Ch 1:2