death. This passage states that God took him away (literally: God “translated” him). Enoch was translated from earthly life to heavenly life. Enoch is one of two Old Testament characters who never died (the other being Elijah, 2 Kings 2:11–12). God chose to take Enoch without dying because Enoch lived by faith. He was a righteous man who was commended as one who pleased God. The Hebrew Old Testament says that Enoch “walked with God,” but the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament)
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