Genesis 5:24
And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
KJV
Ambulavitque cum Deo, et non apparuit : quia tulit eum Deus.
Vulgate
καὶ εὐηρέστησεν Ἑνὼχ τῷ θεῷ· καὶ οὐχ ηὑρίσκετο, διότι μετέθηκεν αὐτὸν ὁ θεός.
LXX
and Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
ASV
וַ/יִּתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ חֲנ֖וֹךְ אֶת הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים וְ/אֵינֶ֕/נּוּ כִּֽי לָקַ֥ח אֹת֖/וֹ אֱלֹהִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
חֲנ֥וֹךְ
chnvk
proper_noun · 16×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.
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Heb 11:5 · allusion"By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God."Genesis: Enoch was taken up so he did not see death — by faith
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2569Prayer is lived in the first place beginning with the realities of creation. the first nine chapters of Genesis describe this relationship with God as an offering of the first-born of Abel's flock, as the invocation of the divine name at the time of Enosh, and as "walking with God.5 Noah's offering is pleasing to God, who blesses him and through him all creation, because his he…
Wherefore, let us yield obedience to His excellent and glorious will; and imploring His mercy and loving-kindness, while we forsake all fruitless labours, and strife, and envy, which leads to death, let us turn and have recourse to His compassions. Let us steadfastly contemplate those who have perfectly ministered to His excellent glory. Let us take Enoch, who, being found righ…
This is the book of the generations of Adam. Moses recites the catalogue of the posterity of Adam through Seth, to show that the Church of God was preserved through that line. The extraordinary longevity recorded here is not to be wondered at as a fable, for God sustained the lives of the patriarchs for the propagation of the human race and the transmission of divine truth from…
Josephus retells the Genesis narrative: creation, the fall of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, the genealogy from Adam to Noah, the flood, the tower of Babel, and the lives of Abraham and Isaac. He follows the biblical account closely but adds rationalizing explanations and draws on extra-biblical traditions.
Cross-references
- 1John 1:7 — But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
- 2Chr 6:14 — And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:
- 2Kgs 2:1 — And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
- 2Kgs 2:11 — And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
- 2Kgs 2:11 — And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
- Eph 4:1 — I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
- Gen 5:22 — And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Gen 6:9 — These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
- Gen 17:1 — And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
- Gen 24:40 — And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house:
- Gen 42:36 — And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
- Heb 11:5 — By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
- Luke 23:43 — And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
- Ps 1:1 — Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
- Ps 25:10 — All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
- Ps 39:13 — O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
- Ps 49:15 — But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
- Ps 103:16 — For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
- Zech 10:12 — And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.