Bible Strands
Genesis 5:22
And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The genealogical narrator records this detail immediately after stating that Enoch fathered Methuselah at age sixty-five.
The words — וַ/יִּתְהַלֵּ֨ךְ (va/i.yit.ha.Lekh) translates literally as "and he walked about," joined with אֶת\־ הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֗ים ('et- ha./'E.lo.Him) meaning "with God."
The thread — The walking motif appears in Genesis 6:9 describing Noah's conduct, in Genesis 17:1 as a divine command to Abram, and in 1 Thessalonians 2:12 as a pastoral instruction.
Why it lands — The text states Enoch walked with God for three hundred years after Methuselah's birth, then notes he fathered additional children before his total lifespan of 365 years. The passage establishes a pattern of sustained divine fellowship preceding a life's conclusion.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
Cross-references
- 1 Thessalonians 2:12 encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
- Genesis 17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
- Genesis 6:9 This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
- Malachi 2:6 True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.
- Luke 1:6 Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
- Psalms 116:9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
- Micah 6:8 He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
- 1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
- Leviticus 26:12 I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be My people.
- Hebrews 11:5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.