Who
Of the line of Cain (Genesis 4). Named as son of Enoch and father of Mehujael (Genesis 4:18).
Generated from the genealogies; a fuller description is still to be written.
Key verses
- Genesis 4:18
Irad was born to Enoch. Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of Lamech.
Where the Bible names him
Named once: Genesis 4:18
Verse index: TIPNR, STEPBible.org (Tyndale House), CC BY 4.0.
Family
- Parents
- Children
Discussed by
Comments on the verses that name him.
- Tertullian, On Exhortation to Chastity Chapter 4
Unity of Marriage Taught by Its First Institution, and by the Apostle's Application of that Primal Type to Christ and the Church. Chapter V.—Unity of Marriage Taught by Its First Institution, and by the Apostle’s…
- Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XV.17
Of the Two Fathers and Leaders Who Sprang from One Progenitor. Since, then, Adam was the father of both lines,—the father, that is to say, both of the line which belonged to the earthly, and of that which belonged to…
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VIII.21
The answer to the question raised. Serenus: You have propounded two not unimportant questions, to which I will reply, to the best of my ability, in the order in which you have raised them. We cannot possibly believe…