Man living at the time before the Flood
Enoch
The seventh from Adam (Jude 14). He was 65 when Methuselah was born, and after that he “walked with God” for 300 years and fathered more sons and daughters. Instead of dying, he was taken: “Enoch walked with God, and he was not found, for God took him” (Genesis 5:21–24). He lived 365 years, a short life beside his neighbors’.
The New Testament says he was taken by faith, so that he did not see death, and that he pleased God (Hebrews 11:5). Jude quotes a prophecy of Enoch about the Lord coming with ten thousands of his holy ones (Jude 14–15). Other ancient writings circulated under his name (see 1 Enoch in the Library).
Did not die: God took him at 365 (Genesis 5:24; Hebrews 11:5). The bar ends at his translation. Adam had died only 57 years earlier.
Family
- Father
- Jared
- Children
- Methuselah
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