Genesis 5:24
And Enoch went on in God's ways: and he was not seen again, for God took him.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
In Context
23And all the years of Enoch's life were three hundred and sixty-five:
25And Methuselah was a hundred and eighty-seven years old when he became the father of Lamech:
Cross References
Genesis 37:30He went back to his brothers, and said, The child is gone; what am I to do?
2 Kings 2:1Now when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a great wind, Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
2 Kings 2:12And when Elisha saw it he gave a cry, My father, my father, the carriages of Israel and its horsemen! And he saw him no longer; and he was full of grief.
Matthew 2:18In Ramah there was a sound of weeping and great sorrow, Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be comforted for their loss.
Hebrews 11:5By faith Enoch was taken up to heaven so that he did not see death; he was seen no longer, for God took him away: for before he was taken, witness had been given that he was well-pleasing to God:
Matthew Henry on Genesis 5:22-25
Translation of Enoch. ( b. c. 3017.) 21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: 22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: 23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: 24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. 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… Read the whole commentary →