New English Translation
Genesis 5:24
24Enoch walked with God, and then he disappeared because God took him away.
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 he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God for 300 years, and he had other sons and daughters. 23The entire lifetime of Enoch was 365 years. Enoch walked with God, and then he disappeared because God took him away. 25When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech. 26Methuselah lived 782 years after he became the father of Lamech, and 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 had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah.
- Genesis 37:30returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy isn’t there! And I, where can I go?”
- Genesis 42:36Their father Jacob said to them, “You are making me childless! Joseph is gone. Simeon is gone. And now you want to take Benjamin! Everything is against me.”
- Jeremiah 31:15The Lord says, “A sound is heard in Ramah, a sound of crying in bitter grief. It is the sound of Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because her children are gone.”
- Matthew 2:18“A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud wailing, Rachel weeping for her children, and she did not want to be comforted, because they were gone.”
- 2 Kings 2:11As they were walking along and talking, suddenly a fiery chariot pulled by fiery horses appeared. They went between Elijah and Elisha, and Elijah went up to heaven in a windstorm.
- Luke 23:43And Jesus said to him, “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.”
- Hebrews 11:5By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death, and he was not to be found because God took him up. For before his removal he had been commended as having pleased God.
- 1 John 1:7But if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
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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