Enoch (father of Methuselah)

The son of Jared, and father of Methuselah (Gen. 5:21; Luke 3:37). His father was one hundred and sixty-two years old when he was born. After the birth of Methuselah, Enoch “walked with God three hundred years” (Gen. 5:22-24), when he was translated without tasting death. His whole life on earth was three hundred and sixty-five years. He was the “seventh from Adam” (Jude 1:14), as distinguished from the son of Cain, the third from Adam. He is spoken of in the catalogue of Old Testament worthies in the Epistle to the Hebrews (11:5). When he was translated, only Adam, so far as recorded, had as yet died a natural death, and Noah was not yet born. Mention is made of Enoch’s prophesying only in Jude 1:14.

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Selected passages

Show passage in OET: GEN 5:21-24

OET-RV GEN 5:21

21 When Hanok was 65 years old, he had a son named Metushelah (Methuselah).

OET-RV GEN 5:22

22 After Metushelah’s birth, Hanok walked with God for 300 years and had other sons and daughters.

OET-RV GEN 5:23

23 So Hanok lived a total of 365 years.

OET-RV GEN 5:24

24 Hanok walked with God, and then he was not there, because God took him away.

OET-LV GEN 5:21

21 And_ Ḩₐnōk _he/it _lived five and_sixty year[s] and_he/it _fathered DOM Mətūshelaḩ.

OET-LV GEN 5:22

22 And_ Ḩₐnōk _he/it _walked/wandered with the_ʼElohīm after fathering_by _him/it DOM Mətūshelaḩ three hundred(s) year[s] and_he/it _fathered sons and_daughters.

OET-LV GEN 5:23

23 And_ all _of the _days _of Ḩₐnōk _he/it _was five and_sixty year[s] and_three hundred(s) year[s].

OET-LV GEN 5:24

24 And_ Ḩₐnōk _he/it _walked/wandered with the_ʼElohīm and_he_didn’t _exist if/because god he _took DOM_him/it.

Show passage in OET: HEB 11:5

OET-RV HEB 11:5

5 By faith Hanok (Enoch) was transported directly to heaven without dying. ‘His body was never found because God transported him,’ because before he was transported, it was testified that he pleased God,

OET-LV HEB 11:5