Enoch (Ancestor of Noah) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Not to be confused with Enoch (son of Cain) Enoch the Patriarch God took Enoch, as in Genesis 5:24: "And Enoch walked with God, and he was not; for God took him".[1] illustration from the 1728 Figures de la Bible; illustrated by Gerard HoetAntediluvian PatriarchBornBabylonVenerated inArmenian Catholic Church Ethiopian Orthodox Church Ethiopian Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church Oriental Orthodoxy Enochian Christian sects (see John Dee) Islam Medieval Rabbinical Judaism Baháʼí Faith Some New Age cults devoted to angelologyFeastSunday before the Nativity of Christ in the Eastern Orthodox Church, 30 July, 22 January in the Coptic Church, 19 July (his assumption in the Coptic Church), 3 January (Bollandists)[2] Enoch (/ˈiːnək/ ( listen))[a] is a biblical figure prior to Noah's flood and the son of Jared and father of Methuselah. He was of the Antediluvian period in the Hebrew Bible. This Enoch is not to be confused with Cain's son Enoch (Genesis 4:17). The text of the Book of Genesis says Enoch lived 365 years before he was taken by God. The text reads that Enoch "walked with God: and he was no more; for God took him" (Gen 5:21–24), which is interpreted as Enoch's entering heaven alive in some Jewish and Christian traditions. Enoch is the subject of many Jewish and Christian traditions. He was considered the author of the Book of Enoch[3] and also called Enoch the scribe of judgment.[4] The New Testament has three references to Enoch from the lineage of Seth (Luke 3:37, Hebrews 11:5, Jude 1:14–15).
