Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
Parallel translations
- WEB Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
- KJV Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
- BSB 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 1:14About these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,
- Gen 5:21–31Enoch lived sixty-five years, then became the father of Methuselah.
- Heb 11:5By 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.
- Luke 3:36–37the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
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