Enoch

Technical Profile

• Name Meaning: From Hebrew חֲנוֹךְ (Ḥănōḵ), “dedicated” or “initiated,” used as a personal name within early genealogies.
• Period/Era: Primeval History
• Main References: Genesis 5:18–24 (genealogy of Adam); 1 Chronicles 1:3 (genealogical notice)
• Key Connections: Jared (father); Methuselah (son); Noah (later descendant through Seth’s line)

Who was Enoch?

Enoch was the seventh generation from Adam in the line of Seth, listed within the primeval genealogy.
He is distinguished from other patriarchs by the repeated note that he “walked with God.”
Genesis records that he did not experience a normal death because “God took him.”

Key Events & Achievements

• Lineage Role: Listed as a key link in the Adam-to-Noah genealogy within the Sethite line.
• Fatherhood: Became the father of Methuselah and is associated with a broader family line in Genesis 5.
• Departure: His life ends with the brief statement that God took him, unlike the usual formula “and he died.”

Life Lesson & Legacy

Enoch’s brief biblical portrait highlights faithful life “with God” as a defining legacy within Israel’s earliest genealogical records.

Key Verse

"Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him." — Genesis 5:24, ESV