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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/genesis/5.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/genesis/5.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/5.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />When Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methuselah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Methuselah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now Enoch lived sixty-five years, and fathered Methuselah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And Enoch lived 65 years and became the father of Methuselah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />When Enoch was sixty-five years old, he became the father of Methuselah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Enoch was 65 years old when he fathered Methuselah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Enoch was 65 years old when he fathered Methuselah. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When Enoch was 65, he had a son named Methuselah, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When Enoch was 65, he had a son, Methuselah. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />When Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methuselah. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Hanoch lived one hundred and sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Enoch lived sixty-five years, then became the father of Methuselah. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Enoch lives sixty-five years [[or one hundred and sixty-five years]], and begets Methuselah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Enoch liveth five and sixty years, and begetteth Methuselah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Enoch shall live five and sixty years, and he shall beget Methuselah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Henoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Mathusala. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Now Enoch lived for sixty-five years, and then he conceived Methuselah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When Enoch was sixty-five years old, he begot Methuselah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When Enoch had lived sixty-five years, he became the father of Methuselah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begot Methuselah;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Khenok lived sixty and five years and begot Methushelakh:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begot Methuselah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Enoch lived an hundred and sixty and five years, and begat Mathusala.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/5-21.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=1155" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/5.htm">God Takes Up Enoch</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">20</span>So Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died. <span class="reftext">21</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2585.htm" title="2585: ḥă·nō·wḵ (N-proper-ms) -- Four Isr., sons of Cain, Jered, Midian and Reuben. From chanak; initiated; Chanok, an antediluvian patriach.">When Enoch</a> <a href="/hebrew/2421.htm" title="2421: way·ḥî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To live, to revive. A primitive root; to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive.">was</a> <a href="/hebrew/8346.htm" title="8346: wə·šiš·šîm (Conj-w:: Number-cp) -- Sixty. Multiple of shesh; sixty.">65</a> <a href="/hebrew/2568.htm" title="2568: ḥā·mêš (Number-fs) -- Five. Masculine chamishshah; a primitive numeral; five."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">years old,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3205.htm" title="3205: way·yō·w·leḏ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage.">he became the father of</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4968.htm" title="4968: mə·ṯū·šā·laḥ (N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps man of the dart, a desc. of Seth. From math and shelach; man of a dart; Methushelach, an antediluvian patriarch.">Methuselah.</a> </span><span class="reftext">22</span>And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-5.htm">Hebrews 11:5</a></span><br />By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jude/1-14.htm">Jude 1:14-15</a></span><br />Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones / to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/3-37.htm">Luke 3:37</a></span><br />the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-3.htm">1 Chronicles 1:3</a></span><br />Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-37.htm">Matthew 24:37-39</a></span><br />As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. / For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. / And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-20.htm">1 Peter 3:20</a></span><br />who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-5.htm">2 Peter 2:5</a></span><br />if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/3-6.htm">2 Peter 3:6</a></span><br />through which the world of that time perished in the flood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-22.htm">1 Corinthians 15:22</a></span><br />For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/5-12.htm">Romans 5:12-14</a></span><br />Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned. / For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law. / Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He is a pattern of the One to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/3-10.htm">Revelation 3:10</a></span><br />Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/11-3.htm">Revelation 11:3-6</a></span><br />And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” / These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. / If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-9.htm">Isaiah 53:9</a></span><br />He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/14-14.htm">Ezekiel 14:14</a></span><br />then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/14-20.htm">Ezekiel 14:20</a></span><br />then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. Their righteousness could deliver only themselves.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:</p><p class="hdg">A.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/3-37.htm">Luke 3:37</a></b></br> Which was <i>the son</i> of Mathusala, which was <i>the son</i> of Enoch, which was <i>the son</i> of Jared, which was <i>the son</i> of Maleleel, which was <i>the son</i> of Cainan,</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/5-19.htm">Begat</a> <a href="/genesis/5-19.htm">Begetteth</a> <a href="/genesis/5-19.htm">Begot</a> <a href="/genesis/5-19.htm">Enoch</a> <a href="/genesis/5-17.htm">Five</a> <a href="/luke/3-38.htm">Methuselah</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-3.htm">Methu'selah</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-3.htm">Methushelah</a> <a href="/genesis/5-20.htm">Sixty</a> <a href="/genesis/5-15.htm">Sixty-Five</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/5-22.htm">Begat</a> <a href="/genesis/5-22.htm">Begetteth</a> <a href="/genesis/5-22.htm">Begot</a> <a href="/genesis/5-22.htm">Enoch</a> <a href="/genesis/5-23.htm">Five</a> <a href="/genesis/5-22.htm">Methuselah</a> <a href="/genesis/5-22.htm">Methu'selah</a> <a href="/genesis/5-22.htm">Methushelah</a> <a href="/genesis/5-23.htm">Sixty</a> <a href="/genesis/5-23.htm">Sixty-Five</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/5-1.htm">Recapitulation of the creation of man.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/5-3.htm">The genealogy, age, and death of the patriarchs from Adam to Noah.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/5-22.htm">Enoch's godliness and translation into Heaven.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/5-25.htm">The family line of Methuselah to Noah and his sons</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>When Enoch was 65 years old</b><br>Enoch is a significant figure in biblical history, known for his close relationship with God. The age of 65, when he became a father, is relatively young compared to the lifespans recorded in Genesis. This detail highlights the long lifespans of antediluvian patriarchs, which are often interpreted as a sign of the early earth's conditions or symbolic of spiritual truths. Enoch's life is notable for his later translation to heaven without experiencing death, as mentioned in <a href="/genesis/5-24.htm">Genesis 5:24</a> and <a href="/hebrews/11-5.htm">Hebrews 11:5</a>, which sets him apart from other patriarchs.<p><b>he became the father of Methuselah</b><br>Methuselah is renowned for being the longest-lived human recorded in the Bible, living 969 years. His name is often interpreted to mean "when he dies, it shall be sent," which some scholars suggest is a prophecy of the coming flood, as Methuselah's death coincides with the year of the flood. This connection underscores the theme of divine judgment and mercy, as Methuselah's long life represents God's patience before the flood. Enoch's role as Methuselah's father also emphasizes the transmission of faith and righteousness through generations, as Enoch walked with God and Methuselah's lineage continued through Noah, who found favor with God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/enoch.htm">Enoch</a></b><br>A significant figure in the genealogy from Adam to Noah, Enoch is noted for his unique relationship with God. He is the seventh generation from Adam and is known for his righteousness and faithfulness.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/methuselah.htm">Methuselah</a></b><br>The son of Enoch, Methuselah is famously known for his long lifespan, living 969 years, the longest recorded in the Bible. His name is often associated with the period leading up to the flood.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/genealogy.htm">Genealogy</a></b><br>This passage is part of the genealogical record in <a href="/bsb/genesis/5.htm">Genesis 5</a>, which traces the lineage from Adam to Noah, highlighting the faithfulness of certain individuals amidst a growingly corrupt world.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/w/walking_with_god.htm">Walking with God</a></b><br>Enoch's life exemplifies a deep, personal relationship with God. Believers are encouraged to cultivate a daily walk with God, characterized by faith and obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/legacy_of_faith.htm">Legacy of Faith</a></b><br>Enoch's faith had a lasting impact, as seen in his son Methuselah and grandson Noah. Our faith can influence future generations, encouraging us to live lives that reflect God's righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_action.htm">Faith in Action</a></b><br>Enoch's life challenges us to live out our faith actively, not just in belief but in action, as he did by prophesying and standing against ungodliness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_of_eternal_life.htm">Hope of Eternal Life</a></b><br>Enoch's translation to heaven without experiencing death serves as a reminder of the hope of eternal life for those who walk faithfully with God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_methuselah_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Methuselah in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_enoch_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Enoch in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_jude_1_14_endorse_enoch's_book.htm">Jude 1:14 quotes Enoch—does this endorse the Book of Enoch as divinely inspired? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_enoch_avoid_death.htm">Hebrews 11:5 – If Enoch never saw death, how can this be reconciled with the universal human mortality observed throughout history? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 21.</span> - The dedicated and initiated child grew up, like an Old Testament Timothy let us hope, to possess, illustrate, and proclaim the piety which was the distinguishing characteristic of the holy line. At the comparatively early age of sixty-five he <span class="cmt_word">begat</span> ("forbidding to marry" being unknown then) <span class="cmt_word">Methuselah</span>. Man of a dart (Gesenius), man of military arms (Furst), man of the missile (Murphy), man of the sending forth - sc. of water (Wordsworth), man of growth (Delitzsch). <span class="cmt_word">And Enoch walked with God</span> (Elohim). The phrase, used also of Noah, (<a href="/genesis/6-9.htm">Genesis 6:9</a>), and by Micah (<a href="/genesis/6-8.htm">Genesis 6:8</a>. Cf. the similar expressions, "to walk before God," <a href="/genesis/17-1.htm">Genesis 17:1</a>; <a href="/psalms/116-9.htm">Psalm 116:9</a>, and "to walk after God," <a href="/deuteronomy/13-4.htm">Deuteronomy 13:4</a>; <a href="/ephesians/5-1.htm">Ephesians 5:1</a>), portrays a life of singularly elevated piety; not merely a constant realization of the Divine presence, or even a perpetual effort at holy obedience, but also "a maintenance of the most confidential intercourse with the personal God (Keil). It implies a situation of nearness to God, if not in place at least in spirit; a character of likeness to God (<a href="/amos/3-3.htm">Amos 3:3</a>), and a life of converse with God. Following the LXX. (<span class="greek">εὐηρὲστησε δὲ Ἐνὼχ τῷ θεῷ</span>), the writer to the Hebrews describes it as a life that was "pleasing to God," as springing from the root of faith (<a href="/hebrews/11-5.htm">Hebrews 11:5</a>). Yet though pre-eminently spiritual and contemplative, Jude tells us (vers. 14, 15) the patriarch s life had its active and aggressive outlook towards the evil times in which he lived. <span class="cmt_word">After he begat Methuselah</span>. "Which intimates that he did not begin to be eminent for piety till about that time; at first he walked as other men' (Henry). Procopius Gazeus goes beyond this, and thinks that before his son's birth Enoch was "a wicked liver," but then repented. The historian's language, however, does not necessarily imply that his piety was so late in commencing and it is more pleasing to think that from his youth upwards he was "as a shining star for virtue and holiness (Willet). <span class="cmt_word">Three hundred years.</span> As his piety began early, <span class="accented">so</span> likewise did it continue long; it was not intermittent and fluctuating, but steadfast and persevering (cf. <a href="/job/17-9.htm">Job 17:9</a>; <a href="/proverbs/4-18.htm">Proverbs 4:18</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/15-58.htm">1 Corinthians 15:58</a>). <span class="cmt_word">And begat sons and daughters.</span> "Hence it is undeniably evident that the stats and use of matrimony doth very well agree with the severest course of holiness, and with the office of a prophet or preacher" (Peele). <span class="cmt_word">And all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years.</span> "A year of years" (Henry); "the same period as that of the revolution of the earth round the sun. After he had finished his course, revolving round him who is the true light, which is God, in the orbit of duty, he was approved by God, and taken to him" (Wordsworth). Modern critics have discovered in the age of Enoch traces of a mythical origin. They conclude the entire list of names to be not older than the time of the Babylonian Nabonassar, and believe it to be not improbable that "the Babylonians regulated the calendar with the assistance of an Indian astrologer or <span class="accented">ganaka</span> (arithmetician) of the town of <span class="accented">Chanoge"</span> (Von Bohlen). But "it would be strange indeed if just in the life of Enoch, which represents the purest and sublimest unity with God, a heathen and astrological element were intentionally introduced;" and, besides, "it is almost generally admitted that our list contains no astronomical numbers that the years which it specifies refer to the lives of individuals, not to periods of the world; and that none of all these figures is in any way reducible "to a chronological, system" (Kalisch). <span class="cmt_word">And Enoch walked with God</span>. "<span class="accented">Non otiosa</span> <span class="greek">ταυτολογία</span>," but an emphatic repetition, indicative of the ground of what follows. <span class="cmt_word">And he was not</span>. Literally, <span class="accented">and not he</span> (cf. Genesis 12:36; <a href="/jeremiah/31-15.htm">Jeremiah 31:15</a>; <span class="greek">καὶ οὐχ εὐρίσκετο</span> LXX.). "Not absolutely he was not, but relatively he was not extant in the sphere of sense." "<span class="accented">Non</span> amplius inter mortales apparuit" (Rosenmüller). "If this phrase does not denote annihilation, much less does the phrase "and he died." The one denotes absence from the world of sense, and the other indicates the ordinary way in which the soul departs from this world" (Murphy). <span class="cmt_word">For</span> <span class="cmt_word">God</span> (Elohim) <span class="cmt_word">took him.</span> Cf. <a href="/2_kings/2-3.htm">2 Kings 2:3, 5, 9, 10</a>, where the same word <span class="hebrew">לָקַח</span> is used of Elijah's translation; <span class="greek">ὁτι μετέθηκεν</span> <span class="greek">αὐτὸν ὁ θέος</span>, LXX.). Though the writer to the Hebrews (<a href="/genesis/11-5.htm">Genesis 11:5</a>) adopts the paraphrase of the LXX., yet his language must be accepted as conveying the exact sense of the words of Moses. Analyzed, it teaches <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> that the patriarch Enoch did not see death, as did all the other worthies in the catalogue; and <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> that in some mysterious way "he was taken up from this temporal life and transfigured into life eternal, as those of the faithful will be who shall be alive at the coming of Christ to judgment" (Keil). The case of Elijah, who was also taken up, and who afterwards appeared in glory on the mount of transfiguration (<a href="/matthew/17.htm">Matthew 17</a>; <a href="/mark/9.htm">Mark 9</a>; <a href="/luke/9.htm">Luke 9</a>.), appears to determine the locality into which Enoch was translated (which Kaliseh willingly leaves to antiquaries to decide) to be neither the terrestrial Eden (certain Popish writers) nor the heavenly paradise where the pious dead are now assembled - sheol (Delitzsch and Lange), but the realm of celestial glory (Keil). That the departure of the good man was witnessed by his contemporaries we may infer from what occurred in the case of Elijah; and, indeed, unless it had been so it is difficult to see how it could have served the end for which apparently it was designed, which was not solely to reward Enoch's piety, but to demonstrate the certainty and to stimulate the hope of immortality. That the memory of an event so remarkable should have survived not merely in Jewish (Ecclus. 44:16) and Christian tradition (<a href="/jude/1-15.htm">Jude 1:15</a>), but also in heathen fable, is nothing marvelous. The Book of Enoch, compiled probably by a Jew in the days of Herod the Great, describes the patriarch as exhorting, his son Methuselah and all his contemporaries to reform their evil ways; as penetrating with his prophetic eye into the remote future, and exploring all mysteries in earth and heaven; as passing a retired life after the birth of his eldest son in intercourse with the angels and in meditation on Divine matters; and as at length being translated to heaven in order to reappear in the time of the Messiah, leaving behind him a number, of writings on religion and morality. The Book of Jubilees relates that he was carried into paradise, where he writes down the judgment of all men, their wickedness and eternal punishment" (Kalisch). Arabic legend declares him to have been the inventor of writing and arithmetic. The Phrygian sagsannacus (<span class="greek">Ἀνακος</span>: "nomen detortum ab Chanoch") is said by Stephanus Byzantinus, and Suidas, who corrupts the name into Nannacus, to have lived before the flood of Deucalion, to have attained an age of more than 300 years, to have foreseen the flood, gathered all the people into a temple and made supplication to God, and finally to have been translated into heaven. "Classical writers also mention such translations into heaven; they assign this distinction among others to Hercules, to Ganymede, and to Romutus (54:1:16: "nec deinde in terris fuit"). But it was awarded to them either for their valor or their physical beauty, and not, as the translation of Enoch, for "a pious and religious life." Nor is "<span class="accented">the</span> idea of a translation to heaven limited to the old world; it was familiar to the tribes of Central America; the chronicles of Guatemala record four progenitors of mankind who were suddenly raised to heaven; and the documents add that those first men came to Guatemala from the other side of the sea, from the East" (cf. Rosenmüller and Kalisch, in <span class="accented">loco</span>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/5-21.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">When Enoch</span><br /><span class="heb">חֲנ֔וֹךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥă·nō·wḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2585.htm">Strong's 2585: </a> </span><span class="str2">Enoch -- four Israelites, sons of Cain, Jered, Midian and Reuben</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽיְחִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(way·ḥî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2421.htm">Strong's 2421: </a> </span><span class="str2">To live, to revive</span><br /><br /><span class="word">65</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשִׁשִּׁ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šiš·šîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8346.htm">Strong's 8346: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sixty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">years old,</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁנָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(šā·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he became the father of</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיּ֖וֹלֶד</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·w·leḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3205.htm">Strong's 3205: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Methuselah.</span><br /><span class="heb">מְתוּשָֽׁלַח׃</span> <span class="translit">(mə·ṯū·šā·laḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4968.htm">Strong's 4968: </a> </span><span class="str2">Methuselah -- perhaps 'man of the dart', a descendant of Seth</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/5-21.htm">Genesis 5:21 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/5-21.htm">Genesis 5:21 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/5-21.htm">Genesis 5:21 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/5-21.htm">Genesis 5:21 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/5-21.htm">Genesis 5:21 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/5-21.htm">Genesis 5:21 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/5-21.htm">Genesis 5:21 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/5-21.htm">Genesis 5:21 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/5-21.htm">Genesis 5:21 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/5-21.htm">Genesis 5:21 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/5-21.htm">OT Law: Genesis 5:21 Enoch lived sixty-five years and became (Gen. 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