^5:12When Kenan had lived 70 years, he became the father of Mahalalel. ^5:13Kenan lived 840 years after he became the father of Mahalalel, and he had other sons and daughters. ^5:14The entire lifetime of Kenan was 910 years, and then he died.

^5:15When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he became the father of Jared. ^5:16Mahalalel lived 830 years after he became the father of Jared, and he had other sons and daughters. ^5:17The entire lifetime of Mahalalel was 895 years, and then he died.

^5:18When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch. ^5:19Jared lived 800 years after he became the father of Enoch, and he had other sons and daughters. ^5:20The entire lifetime of Jared was 962 years, and then he died.

^5:21When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah. ^5:22After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God¹⁵ for 300 years,¹⁶ and he had other¹⁷ sons and daughters. ^5:23The entire lifetime of Enoch was 365 years. ^5:24Enoch walked with God, and then he disappeared¹⁸ because God took¹⁹ him away.

^5:25When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.

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Genesis 5:24: Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.

Footnotes

15 With the seventh panel there is a digression from the pattern. Instead of simply saying that Enoch lived, the text observes that he “walked with God.” The rare expression “walked with” (the Hitpael form of the verb הָלָךְ, halakh, “to walk” collocated with the preposition אֶת, ’et, “with”) is used in 1 Sam 25:15 to describe how David’s men maintained a cordial and cooperative relationship with Nabal’s men as they worked and lived side by side in the fields. In Gen 5:22 the phrase suggests that Enoch and God “got along.” This may imply that Enoch lived in close fellowship with God, leading a life of devotion and piety. An early Jewish tradition, preserved in 1:9 and alluded to in Jude 14, says that Enoch preached about the coming judgment. See F. S. Parnham, “Walking with God,” 46 (1974): 117–18.
16 Heb “and Enoch walked with God, after he became the father of Methuselah, [for] 300 years.”
17 The word “other” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for stylistic reasons.
18 The Hebrew construction has the negative particle אֵין (’en, “there is not,” “there was not”) with a pronominal suffix, “he was not.” Instead of saying that Enoch died, the text says he no longer was present.
19 The text simply states that God took Enoch. Similar language is used of Elijah’s departure from this world (see 2 Kgs 2:10). The text implies that God overruled death for this man who walked with him.