Thomas Hardy, in his novel, The Return of the Native (1878), referenced Jared as one who betokened an advanced lifetime: "The number of their years may have adequately summed up Jared, Mahalaleel, and the rest of the antediluvians, but the age of a modern man is to be measured by the intensity of his history."
Thomas Hardy, in his novel The Return of the Native (1878), pointed out Jared as an illustration of someone who had lived a long life: "The number of years they had lived may have been sufficient for Jared, Mahalaleel, and the rest of the ancient ones, but the age of a modern person is to be measured by the richness of their experiences."