Irad

{{Short description|Male given name}}

{{About|the Biblical name|other uses|Irad (disambiguation)}}

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| pronunciation= Erad

| gender = Male

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| region = Abrahamic monotheistic traditions.

| origin = Hebrew

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Irad ({{Script/Hebrew|עִירָד}}, Irad) is a name in Hebrew. In the Book of Genesis, the grandson of Cain is Irad.

Genesis 4:18, in a genealogical passage about the descendants of Cain, contains the only reference to Irad in the Bible: "To Enoch was born Irad; and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael the father of Methushael, and Methushael the father of Lamech" (New Revised Standard Version).

The lineage of Cain in Genesis 4:17-22 closely parallels the lineage of Cain's brother Seth found in Genesis 5:1-32.{{cite book|author1=Lawrence Boadt|author2=Richard J. Clifford|author3=Daniel J. Harrington|title=Reading the Old Testament: An Introduction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wSpHAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT109|year=2012|publisher=Paulist Press|isbn=978-1-61643-670-4|page=109}} In terms of the Documentary hypothesis, the genealogy of Cain is attributed to the Jahwist source, while the genealogy of Seth is attributed to the Priestly source. The J list and P list contain seven pairs of similar names, and the "Irad" of the Jahwist source is parallel to the "Jared" of the Priestly source.