Genesis 5:12-24

¹² After Kenan had lived 70 years, he fathered Mahalalel.

¹³ Kenan lived after he fathered Mahalalel 840 years and had other sons and daughters. ¹⁴ So all the days of Kenan were 910 years, and he died.

¹⁵ After Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he fathered Jared.

¹⁶ Mahalalel lived after he fathered Jared 830 years and had other sons and daughters. ¹⁷ So all the days of Mahalalel were 895 years, and he died.

¹⁸ After Jared had lived 162 years he fathered Enoch.

¹⁹ Jared lived after he fathered Enoch 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

²⁰ So all the days of Jared were 962 years, and he died.

²¹ After Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methuselah.

²² Enoch walked with God after he fathered Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters.

²³ Thus all the days of Enoch were 365 years.

²⁴ Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him. _________________________________________

Enoch

Hebrews 11:5 says that “Enoch was transferred so that he should not see death” so the persistent rumor about him is that God took him to heaven so he never died. No, the death he was prevented from seeing was that of his descendants. The Bible also says “these all died in faith” including Enoch (Hebrews 11:13). In fact, Paul in 1 Corinthians 15:22 says that every descendent of Adam dies. That is why we all will need to be resurrected, same as Christ was after his death. Enoch did not cheat death. His death is not recorded, because God took him away. He was a prophet, and walked with God, and so God prevented him from living to see the mess that the world got into. It got so bad that Enoch’s son’s age became the last straw.

LORD, we cannot prevent our own deaths, but we can be like Enoch by walking in close relationship with you. May we learn that lesson from Enoch’s story.