The Life and Significance of Enoch in Scripture

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1. Smith's Bible Dictionary “Smith's Bible Dictionary: Enoch — (dedicated). + The eldest son of Cain, (Genesis 4:17) who called after his name the city which he built. (Genesis 4:18) (B.C. 3870.) + The son of Jared and father of Methuselah. (Genesis 5:21) ff.; Luke 3:37 (B.C. 3378-3013.) In the Epistle of Jude (Jude 1:14) he described as "the seventh from Adam;" and the number is probably noticed as conveying the idea of divine completion and rest, while Enoch was himself a type of perfected humanity. After the birth of Methuselah it is said, (Genesis 5:22-24) that Enoch "walked with God three hundred years... and he was ”
2. Easton's Bible Dictionary “Easton's Bible Dictionary: Enoch — 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. (2.) The son of Jared, and father of Methuselah (Gen. 5:21; Luke 3:37). His father was one hundred and sixty-two years old when he was born. After the birth of Methuselah, Enoch "walked with God three hundred years" (Gen. 5:22-24), when he was translated without tasting death. His whole life on earth was three hundred and sixty-five years. He was the "seventh fro”
3. Smith's Bible Dictionary “Smith's Bible Dictionary: Enoch, The Book Of — The first trance of the existence of this work is found in the Epistle of (Jude 1:14,15) An apocryphal book called Enoch was known at a very early date, but was lost sight of until 1773, when Bruce brought with him on his return from Egypt three MSS. containing the complete Ethiopic translation. In its present shape the book consists of a series of revelations supposed to have been given to Enoch and Noah, which extend to the most varied aspects of nature and life. And are designed to offer a comprehensive vindication of the action of Providence. ”
4. Hitchcock's Bible Names “Hitchcock's Bible Names: Enoch — dedicated; disciplined”
5. Genesis “Enoch lived sixty-five years, then became the father of Methuselah. -- Genesis 5:21”
6. Hebrews “By faith, Enoch was taken away, so that he wouldn’t see death, and he was not found, because God translated him. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well pleasing to God. -- Hebrews 11:5”
7. Genesis “Genesis 5:23 (BSB) — So Enoch lived a total of 365 years.”
8. Hitchcock's Bible Names “Hitchcock's Bible Names: Henoch — same as Enoch”
9. Dead Sea Scrolls “Pesharim and Other Notable Texts (2nd-1st century BCE), section 7: have troubling dreams that portend their destruction. They seek out Enoch as an interpreter: "Then Ohyah said to Hahyah, his brother: 'Then he summoned all the other giants and the Nephilim, and they assembled, and they went to Enoch, the scribe of interpretation, and asked him to interpret for them the dream.'" Enoch's message of judgment: Enoch, functioning as a mediator between heaven and earth, delivers God's verdict against the Watchers and their offspring: "The scribe Enoch [...] and let it be known to the giants: 'From t”
10. Dead Sea Scrolls “Pesharim and Other Notable Texts (2nd-1st century BCE), section 6: though it was one of the last to be opened and published due to its extremely fragile condition. Written in Aramaic, it is a retelling of portions of the book of Genesis, expanding the biblical narratives with additional dialogue, description, and theological interpretation. Key Content The preserved portions cover material from Genesis 5-15, with particular attention to: The story of Lamech and the birth of Noah: Lamech suspects that his wife Bitenosh has conceived through a Watcher (fallen angel) rather than by him. The accou”
11. CCEL (Reformed) “Calvin, Commentary on Genesis, Vol. 1 (Gen 1-23), section 9.8: him away, as we read was also done with respect to Elijah. Since, in the translation of Enoch, an example of immortality was exhibited; there is no doubt that God designed to elevate the minds of his saints with certain faith before their death; and to mitigate, by this consolation, the dread which they might entertain of death, seeing they would know that a better life was elsewhere laid up for them. It is, however, remarkable that Adam himself was deprived of this support of faith and of comfort. For since that terrible judgment ”
12. Hebrews (Methodist/Wesleyan) “Adam Clarke on Hebrews 11:5: By faith Enoch was translated - It is said, in Gen 5:24, that Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him. Here the apostle explains what God's taking him means, by saying that he was translated that he should not see death; from which we learn that he did not die, and that God took him to a state of blessedness without obliging him to pass through death. See his history explained at large in the above place, in Gen 5:22-24.”
13. CCEL (Reformed) “Calvin, Commentary on Genesis, Vol. 1 (Gen 1-23), section 9.7: with whom we are conversant. For public custom is as a violent tempest; both because we easily suffer ourselves to be led hither and thither by the multitude, and because every one thinks what is commonly received must be right and lawful; just as swine contract an itching from each other; nor is there any contagion worse, and more loathsome than that of evil examples. Hence we ought the more diligently to notice the brief description of a holy life, contained in the words, “Enoch walked with God.” Let those, then, who please, glor”
14. Jude (Presbyterian) “Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Jude 1:14: See Introduction on the source whence Jude derived this prophecy of Enoch. The Holy Spirit, by Jude, has sealed the truth of this much of the matter contained in the book of Enoch, though probably that book, as well as Jude, derived it from tradition (compare Note, see on Jde 1:9). There are reasons given by some for thinking the book of Enoch copied from Jude rather than vice versa. It is striking how, from the first, prophecy hastened towards its consummation. The earliest prophecies of the Redeemer dwell on His second coming in glory, rather than His ”
15. Genesis (Nonconformist/Puritan) “Matthew Henry on Genesis 5:21: The accounts here run on for several generations without any thing remarkable, or any variation but of the names and numbers; but at length there comes in one that must not be passed over so, of whom special notice must be taken, and that is Enoch, the seventh from Adam: the rest, we may suppose, did virtuously, but he excelled them all, and was the brightest star of the patriarchal age. It is but little that is recorded concerning him; but this little is enough to make his name great, greater than the name of the other Enoch, who had a city called by his name. H”
16. Hebrews (Baptist/Reformed) “John Gill on Hebrews 11:4: By faith Enoch was translated,.... Which is to be understood, not of a spiritual translation from the power of darkness, into the kingdom of Christ, as all converted, persons are translated, and doubtless Enoch was; nor of a rapture, or removal from one part of the earth to another, or from one part of a country to another, as Philip was caught away by the Spirit, after the baptism of the eunuch; but of a translation from earth to heaven; and not for a while only, as Paul was caught up to the third heaven; but as Elijah was, there to continue, and as the living saint”
17. Genesis (Baptist/Reformed) “John Gill on Genesis 5:18: And all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty five years. A year of years, living as many years as there are days in a year; not half the age of the rest of the patriarchs: our poet (t) calls him one of middle age; though his being taken away in the midst of his days was not a token of divine displeasure, but of favour, as follows; see Psa 55:23. (t) Milton's Paradise Lost, B. 11. l. 665.”
18. Jude (Protestant academic) “Tyndale House on Jude 1:14: 1:14 she urged him: See study note on Josh 15:18-19. 1:14-15 Enoch was an early descendant of Adam (see Gen 5:18-24; 1 Chr 1:3); the comment in Gen 5:24 apparently means that Enoch did not die but was taken directly to heaven (cp. 2 Kgs 2:1-13; see Heb 11:5). This extraordinary commendation from God and the almost complete silence of Scripture about him make Enoch a fascinating character. There are a number of legends about him in Jewish literature, and at least two books of apocalyptic visions written between the Old Testament and the New Testament are attributed t”