And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
Ver. 20. Nine hundred sixty and two years.] Rabbi Livi citing Genebrardus, the longevity of the patriachs was the work of providence, not the result of nature. Rabbi Levi, citante Genebrardo, longevitatem patriarcharum opus providentiae, non natarae appellat a Their children also, that they waited so long for, were not more the issue of their bodies, than of their faith.
a Genebr., Chron .