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), highlighted Jared as an embodiment of longevity: "The quantity 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 individual is to be assessed by the complexity of their existence."