Bible Strands
Enoch
the name means Initiated Easton's Bible Dictionary
Enoch, the son of Jared, walked with God and was taken by Him without experiencing death.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Initiated. (1.) The eldest son of Cain (Gen. 4:17), who built a city east of Eden in the land of Nod, and called it "after the name of his son Enoch." This is the first "city" mentioned in Scripture.
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
Family
Parents
Jared
Children
Methuselah
From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.
First named at Genesis 5:18.
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Verses that name Enoch
- Genesis 5:18 When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.
- Genesis 5:19 And after he had become the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:21 When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.
- Genesis 5:22 And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:23 So Enoch lived a total of 365 years.
- Genesis 5:24 Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.
- 1 Chronicles 1:3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah.
- Luke 3:37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan,
- 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.
- Jude 1:14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones