Genesis 5 · Verse 24

Genesis 5:24

And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
Genesis 5:24, King James Version

Genesis 5:24 in other translations

BSBEnoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.
WEBEnoch walked with God, and he was not found, for God took him.
ASVand Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
YLTAnd Enoch walketh habitually with God, and he is not, for God hath taken him.
DARBYAnd Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.
BBEAnd Enoch went on in God's ways: and he was not seen again, for God took him.
WebsterAnd Enoch walked with God, and he was not: for God took him.

What does Genesis 5:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
24. And Enoch walked with God--a common phrase in Eastern countries denoting constant and familiar intercourse. was not; for God took him--In He 11:5, we are informed that he was translated to heaven--a mighty miracle, designed to effect what ordinary means of instruction had failed to accomplish, gave a palpable proof to an age of almost universal unbelief that the doctrines which he had taught (Jude 14, 15) were true and that his devotedness to the cause of God and righteousness in the midst of opposition was highly pleasing to the mind of God.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 5:21-24

Enoch was the seventh from Adam. Godliness is walking with God: which shows reconciliation to God, for two cannot walk together except they be agreed, Am 3:3. It includes all the parts of a godly, righteous, and sober life. To walk with God, is to set God always before us, to act as always under his eye. It is constantly to care, in all things to please God, and in nothing to offend him. It is to be followers of him…

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Genesis 5:24 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּתְהַלֵּ֥ךְvai.yit.ha.Lekhand he walked aboutH1980
חֲנ֖וֹךְcha.NokhEnochH2585
אֶת\־'et-withH854
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430
וְאֵינֶ֕נּוּve.'ei.Ne.nuand not [was] heH369
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
לָקַ֥חla.Kachhe tookH3947
אֹת֖וֹ'o.To<obj.> himH853
אֱלֹהִֽים\׃\ \פ'E.lo.HimGodH430

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Cross references for Genesis 5:24

  • Hebrews 11:5-6

    By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

  • 1 John 1:7

    But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

  • Genesis 5:22

    And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

  • Luke 23:43

    And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

  • 2 Kings 2:11

    And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

  • Genesis 42:36

    And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.

  • Jeremiah 31:15

    Thus saith the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.

  • Genesis 37:30

    And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?

  • Matthew 2:18

    In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

  • 2 Kings 2:1

    And it came to pass, when the Lord would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
walked.
21
he was not.The same expression occurs,
37:30; 42:36; Jer 31:15; Mt 2:18
for.
2Ki 2:11; Lu 23:43; Heb 11:5,6; 1Jo 1:7

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Context

  • Genesis 5:23

    And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:

  • Genesis 5:24

    And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

  • Genesis 5:25

    And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

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Genesis 5:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Caminó, pues, Henoch con Dios, y desapareció, porque le llevó Dios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Hénoc marcha avec Dieu; et il ne fut plus, car Dieu le prit.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Henoch wandelte mit Gott; und er war nicht mehr, denn Gott nahm ihn hinweg. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ambulavitque cum Deo, et non apparuit: quia tulit eum Deus.