EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Genesis 5:24
24Enoch lived to please God all this time, then Enoch was not there any more. God took Enoch to be with him.
Genesis 5:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
- New International Version (NIV)Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.
Context of Genesis 5:24
22After Methuselah was born, Enoch lived as God wanted for 300 years. During this time, he had other sons and daughters. 23Enoch lived on earth for 365 years. Enoch lived to please God all this time, then Enoch was not there any more. God took Enoch to be with him. 25When Methuselah was 187 years old, he had a son. He called him Lamech. 26After Lamech was born, Methuselah lived for 782 years. During this time, he had other sons and daughters.
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וַיִּתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ חֲנ֖וֹךְ אֶת־הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים וְאֵינֶ֕נּוּ כִּֽי־לָקַ֥ח אֹת֖וֹ אֱלֹהִֽים׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Genesis 5:24
- Genesis 5:21When Enoch was 65 years old, he had a son. He called him Methuselah.
- Genesis 37:30Reuben went back to his brothers. He said to them, ‘The boy is not in the well! What can I do now?’
- Genesis 42:36Their father Jacob said to them, ‘You are taking my children away from me! Joseph is not here any more. Simeon also is not here. Now you want to take Benjamin away from me. Everything that happens is hurting me!’
- Jeremiah 31:15The Lord says, ‘You can hear a sad noise in Ramah. Someone is weeping with a loud voice. It is Rachel, and she is weeping for her children. Nobody can help her to stop weeping, because her children are dead.’
- Matthew 2:18‘People heard a sad noise in Ramah. Someone is weeping with a loud voice. It is Rachel and she is weeping for her children. Nobody can help her to stop weeping, because her children are dead.’
- 2 Kings 2:11So they walked along and they talked together. Suddenly a chariot that was burning with fire appeared. The horses that pulled it were also burning with fire. The chariot went between Elijah and Elisha. Elijah went up to heaven in a storm of wind.
- Luke 23:43Jesus replied, ‘I promise you, today you will be with me in paradise.’
- Hebrews 11:5Enoch also believed God. Because of Enoch's faith, God took him away to heaven. He did not die like other people. As a result, nobody could ever find him, because God had taken him away. Before God took him away, it was clear that Enoch had made God happy.
- 1 John 1:7But when we live in a right way, it is like living in the light. God is always in the light. So, if we live in the light, we share together in the life which God gives. And when Jesus, the Son of God, died on the cross, he saved us from all our sins. The blood of his sacrifice makes us clean.
Commentaries on Genesis 5:24
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-32Verses 1-32 - Section V - The Line to Noah - The Line of Sheth 1. ספר sepher “writing, a writing, a book.” 9. קינן qēynān Qenan, “possessor, or spearsman.” 12. מהללאל mahelal'ēl Mahalalel, “praise of El.” 15. ירד yerĕd Jered, “going down.” 21. מתוּשׁלה metûshālach Methushelach, “man of the missile.” 29. נה noach Noach, “rest,” נחם nācham “sigh; repent; pity; comfort oneself; be revenged.” 32. שׁם shēm Shem, “name, fame; related: be high.” חם chām…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-24Verses 21-24 Enoch was the seventh from Adam. Godliness is walking with God: which shows reconciliation to God, for two cannot walk together except they be agreed, Am 3:3. It includes all the parts of a godly, righteous, and sober life. To walk with God, is to set God always before us, to act as always under his eye. It is constantly to care, in all things to please God, and in nothing to offend him. It is to be followers of him as dear children. The Holy…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24Unlike other sons of Adam, Enoch did not die. Instead, he disappeared because God took him away (compare 2 Kings 2:9–12 and Hebrews 11:5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. And Enoch walked with God--a common phrase in Eastern countries denoting constant and familiar intercourse. was not; for God took him--In He 11:5, we are informed that he was translated to heaven--a mighty miracle, designed to effect what ordinary means of instruction had failed to accomplish, gave a palpable proof to an age of almost universal unbelief that the doctrines which he had taught (Jude 14, 15) were true and that his devotedness to the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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