Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
Parallel translations
- WEB Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
- BSB Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech.
- NKJV Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
- NASB Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
- NLT Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
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Quick answer
Enoch, who walked with God, and the long-lived Methuselah and Lamech mark the line just before the flood.
Overview
This trio includes Enoch, who 'walked with God; and he was not, for God took him' (Genesis 5:24), a striking witness to fellowship with God amid a corrupt age. The Chronicler lists them without comment, trusting his readers to recall their stories. They anchor the godly remnant that God carried safely through the coming judgment of the flood.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Jude 1:14And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
- Gen 5:21–31And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
- Heb 11:5By 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.
- Luke 3:36–37Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,
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