The number 162 is primarily known as the age Jared was when he fathered his son Enoch, according to Genesis 5:18.
In Genesis 5:18 it states that Jared lived 162 years before becoming the father of Enoch, one of the most mysterious figures in biblical tradition. The number 162 does not hold a strong independent symbolic meaning in Jewish numerology, but it gains indirect significance through its connection to Enoch's birth and the lineage from Adam. Biblical commentators view the number as part of the larger chronological patterns found in the genealogies of Genesis, which are used to calculate the time span from creation. Enoch is known as the one who 'walked with God' (Gen. 5:22) and was taken up to heaven without dying (Gen. 5:24). In Jewish tradition, Enoch became a central mystical figure, and several pseudepigraphical writings (1st, 2nd, and 3rd Enoch) were attributed to him. Gematria is the Jewish tradition of assigning numerical values to Hebrew letters and words. The number 162 has no known prominent gematria value associated with central Hebrew words. The genealogies in Genesis 5 contain precise age records that have served as the basis for chronological calculations of the world's age. The Jewish calendar (Anno Mundi) is partly built upon these figures.*