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Verse	Translation	Text
Ge 5:22	Strong Concordance	And Enoch [02585] walked [01980] with [0854] God [0430] after [0310] he begat [03205] [0853] Methuselah [04968] three [07969] hundred [03967] years [08141], and begat [03205] sons [01121] and daughters [01323]:
	King James	And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

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The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
Enoch Enoch, "translated that he should not see death" (Heb 11:5) before the judgment of the Flood, is a type of those saints who are to be translated before the apocalyptic judgments (Th1 4:14-17). Noah, left on the earth, but preserved through the judgment of the Flood, is a type of the Jewish people, who will be kept through the apocalyptic judgments; (Jer 30:5-9); (Rev 12:13-16) and brought as an earthly people to the new heaven and new earth; (Isa 65:17-19); (Isa 66:20-22); (Rev 21:1).

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]

Enoch

Enoch, "translated that he should not see death" (Heb 11:5) before the judgment of the Flood, is a type of those saints who are to be translated before the apocalyptic judgments (Th1 4:14-17). Noah, left on the earth, but preserved through the judgment of the Flood, is a type of the Jewish people, who will be kept through the apocalyptic judgments; (Jer 30:5-9); (Rev 12:13-16) and brought as an earthly people to the new heaven and new earth; (Isa 65:17-19); (Isa 66:20-22); (Rev 21:1).

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah - To walk with God, is to set God always before us, and to act as those that are always under his eye. It is to live a life of communion with God, both in ordinances and providences; it is to make God's word our rule, and his glory our end, in all our actions; it is to make it our constant care and endeavour in every thing to please God, and in nothing to offend him; it is to comply with his will, to concur with his designs, and to be workers together with him. He walked with God after he begat Methuselah, which intimates, that he did not begin to be eminent for piety 'till about that time.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
And Enoch walked with God - three hundred years - There are several things worthy of our most particular notice in this account: 1. The name of this patriarch; Enoch, from חנך chanack, which signifies to instruct, to initiate, to dedicate. From his subsequent conduct we are authorized to believe he was early instructed in the things of God, initiated into the worship of his Maker, and dedicated to his service. By these means, under the influence of the Divine Spirit, which will ever attend pious parental instructions, his mind got that sacred bias which led him to act a part so distinguished through the course of a long life. 2. His religious conduct. He walked with God; יתהלך yithhallech, he set himself to walk, he was fixedly purposed and determined to live to God. Those who are acquainted with the original will at once see that it has this force. A verb in the conjugation called hithpael signifies a reciprocal act, that which a man does upon himself: here we may consider Enoch receiving a pious education, and the Divine influence through it; in consequence of which he determines to be a worker with God, and therefore takes up the resolution to walk with his Maker, that he might not receive the grace of God in vain. 3. The circumstances in which he was placed. He was a patriarch; the king, the priest, and the prophet of a numerous family, to whom he was to administer justice, among whom he was to perform all the rites and ceremonies of religion, and teach, both by precept and example, the way of truth and righteousness. Add to this, he was a married man, he had a numerous family of his own, independently of the collateral branches over which he was obliged, as patriarch, to preside; he walked three hundred years with God, and begat sons and daughters; therefore marriage is no hindrance even to the perfection of piety; much less inconsistent with it, as some have injudiciously taught. 4. The astonishing height of piety to which he had arrived; being cleansed from all filthiness of the flesh and of the spirit, and having perfected holiness in the fear of God, we find not only his soul but his body purified, so that, without being obliged to visit the empire of death, he was capable of immediate translation to the paradise of God. There are few cases of this kind on record; but probably there might be more, many more, were the followers of God more faithful to the grace they receive. 5. Enoch attained this state of religious and spiritual excellence in a time when, comparatively speaking, there were few helps, and no written revelation. Here then we cannot but see and admire how mighty the grace of God is, and what wonders it works in the behalf of those who are faithful, who set themselves to walk with God. It is not the want of grace nor of the means of grace that is the cause of the decay of this primitive piety, but the want of faithfulness in those who have the light, and yet will not walk as children of the light. 6. If the grace of God could work such a mighty change in those primitive times, when life and immortality were not brought to light by the Gospel, what may we not expect in these times, in which the Son of God tabernacles among men, in which God gives the Holy Spirit to them who ask him, in which all things are possible to him who believes? No man can prove that Enoch had greater spiritual advantages than any of the other patriarchs, though it seems pretty evident that he made a better use of those that were common to all than any of the rest did; and it would be absurd to say that he had greater spiritual helps and advantages than Christians can now expect, for he lived under a dispensation much less perfect than that of the Law, and yet the law itself was only the shadow of the glorious substance of Gospel blessings and Gospel privileges. 7. It is said that Enoch not only walked with God, setting him always before his eyes, beginning, continuing, and ending every work to his glory, but also that he pleased God, and had the testimony that he did please God, Heb 11:5. Hence we learn that it was then possible to live so as not to offend God, consequently so as not to commit sin against him; and to have the continual evidence or testimony that all that a man did and purposed was pleasing in the sight of Him who searches the heart, and by whom devices are weighed: and if it was possible then, it is surely, through the same grace, possible now; for God, and Christ, and faith, are still the same.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

And Enoch walked with God - three hundred years - There are several things worthy of our most particular notice in this account:

1. The name of this patriarch; Enoch, from חנך chanack, which signifies to instruct, to initiate, to dedicate. From his subsequent conduct we are authorized to believe he was early instructed in the things of God, initiated into the worship of his Maker, and dedicated to his service. By these means, under the influence of the Divine Spirit, which will ever attend pious parental instructions, his mind got that sacred bias which led him to act a part so distinguished through the course of a long life.

2. His religious conduct. He walked with God; יתהלך yithhallech, he set himself to walk, he was fixedly purposed and determined to live to God. Those who are acquainted with the original will at once see that it has this force. A verb in the conjugation called hithpael signifies a reciprocal act, that which a man does upon himself: here we may consider Enoch receiving a pious education, and the Divine influence through it; in consequence of which he determines to be a worker with God, and therefore takes up the resolution to walk with his Maker, that he might not receive the grace of God in vain.

3. The circumstances in which he was placed. He was a patriarch; the king, the priest, and the prophet of a numerous family, to whom he was to administer justice, among whom he was to perform all the rites and ceremonies of religion, and teach, both by precept and example, the way of truth and righteousness. Add to this, he was a married man, he had a numerous family of his own, independently of the collateral branches over which he was obliged, as patriarch, to preside; he walked three hundred years with God, and begat sons and daughters; therefore marriage is no hindrance even to the perfection of piety; much less inconsistent with it, as some have injudiciously taught.

4. The astonishing height of piety to which he had arrived; being cleansed from all filthiness of the flesh and of the spirit, and having perfected holiness in the fear of God, we find not only his soul but his body purified, so that, without being obliged to visit the empire of death, he was capable of immediate translation to the paradise of God. There are few cases of this kind on record; but probably there might be more, many more, were the followers of God more faithful to the grace they receive.

5. Enoch attained this state of religious and spiritual excellence in a time when, comparatively speaking, there were few helps, and no written revelation. Here then we cannot but see and admire how mighty the grace of God is, and what wonders it works in the behalf of those who are faithful, who set themselves to walk with God. It is not the want of grace nor of the means of grace that is the cause of the decay of this primitive piety, but the want of faithfulness in those who have the light, and yet will not walk as children of the light.

6. If the grace of God could work such a mighty change in those primitive times, when life and immortality were not brought to light by the Gospel, what may we not expect in these times, in which the Son of God tabernacles among men, in which God gives the Holy Spirit to them who ask him, in which all things are possible to him who believes? No man can prove that Enoch had greater spiritual advantages than any of the other patriarchs, though it seems pretty evident that he made a better use of those that were common to all than any of the rest did; and it would be absurd to say that he had greater spiritual helps and advantages than Christians can now expect, for he lived under a dispensation much less perfect than that of the Law, and yet the law itself was only the shadow of the glorious substance of Gospel blessings and Gospel privileges.

7. It is said that Enoch not only walked with God, setting him always before his eyes, beginning, continuing, and ending every work to his glory, but also that he pleased God, and had the testimony that he did please God, Heb 11:5. Hence we learn that it was then possible to live so as not to offend God, consequently so as not to commit sin against him; and to have the continual evidence or testimony that all that a man did and purposed was pleasing in the sight of Him who searches the heart, and by whom devices are weighed: and if it was possible then, it is surely, through the same grace, possible now; for God, and Christ, and faith, are still the same.

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¹ And [2532] I saw [1492] a new [2537] heaven [3772] and [2532] a new [2537] earth [1093]: for [1063] the first [4413] heaven [3772] and [2532] the first [4413] earth [1093] were passed away [3928]; and [2532] there was [2076] no [3756] more [2089] sea [2281].

²⁰ And they shall bring [0935] all your brethren [0251] for an offering [04503] unto the LORD [03068] out of all nations [01471] upon horses [05483], and in chariots [07393], and in litters [06632], and upon mules [06505], and upon swift beasts [03753], to my holy [06944] mountain [02022] Jerusalem [03389], saith [0559] the LORD [03068], as the children [01121] of Israel [03478] bring [0935] an offering [04503] in a clean [02889] vessel [03627] into the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].
²¹ And I will also take [03947] of them for priests [03548] and for Levites [03881], saith [0559] the LORD [03068].
²² For as the new [02319] heavens [08064] and the new [02319] earth [0776], which I will make [06213], shall remain [05975] before [06440] me, saith [05002] the LORD [03068], so shall your seed [02233] and your name [08034] remain [05975].

¹⁷ For, behold, I create [01254] new [02319] heavens [08064] and a new [02319] earth [0776]: and the former [07223] shall not be remembered [02142], nor come [05927] into mind [03820].
¹⁸ But be ye glad [07797] and rejoice [01523] for ever [05703] in that which I create [01254]: for, behold, I create [01254] Jerusalem [03389] a rejoicing [01525], and her people [05971] a joy [04885].
¹⁹ And I will rejoice [01523] in Jerusalem [03389], and joy [07797] in my people [05971]: and the voice [06963] of weeping [01065] shall be no more heard [08085] in her, nor the voice [06963] of crying [02201].

¹³ And [2532] when [3753] the dragon [1404] saw [1492] that [3754] he was cast [906] unto [1519] the earth [1093], he persecuted [1377] the woman [1135] which [3748] brought forth [5088] the man [730] child.
¹⁴ And [2532] to the woman [1135] were given [1325] two [1417] wings [4420] of a great [3173] eagle [105], that [2443] she might fly [4072] into [1519] the wilderness [2048], into [1519] her [846] place [5117], where [3699] she is nourished [5142] for a time [1563] [2540], and [2532] times [2540], and [2532] half [2255] a time [2540], from [575] the face [4383] of the serpent [3789].
¹⁵ And [2532] the serpent [3789] cast [906] out of [1537] his [846] mouth [4750] water [5204] as [5613] a flood [4215] after [3694] the woman [1135], that [2443] he might cause [4160] her [5026] to be carried away of the flood [4216].
¹⁶ And [2532] the earth [1093] helped [997] the woman [1135], and [2532] the earth [1093] opened [455] her [846] mouth [4750], and [2532] swallowed up [2666] the flood [4215] which [3739] the dragon [1404] cast [906] out of [1537] his [846] mouth [4750].

⁵ For thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; We have heard [08085] a voice [06963] of trembling [02731], of fear [06343], and not of peace [07965].
⁶ Ask [07592] ye now, and see [07200] whether a man [02145] doth travail with child [03205]? wherefore do I see [07200] every man [01397] with his hands [03027] on his loins [02504], as a woman in travail [03205], and all faces [06440] are turned [02015] into paleness [03420]?
⁷ Alas [01945]! for that day [03117] is great [01419], so that [0369] none is like it: it is even the time [06256] of Jacob's [03290] trouble [06869]; but he shall be saved [03467] out of it.
⁸ For it shall come to pass in that day [03117], saith [05002] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], that I will break [07665] his yoke [05923] from off thy neck [06677], and will burst [05423] thy bonds [04147], and strangers [02114] shall no more serve [05647] themselves of him:
⁹ But they shall serve [05647] the LORD [03068] their God [0430], and David [01732] their king [04428], whom I will raise up [06965] unto them.

¹⁴ For [1063] if [1487] we believe [4100] that [3754] Jesus [2424] died [599] and [2532] rose again [450], even so [3779] them also [2532] which sleep [2837] in [1223] Jesus [2424] will [71] God [2316] bring [71] with [4862] him [846].
¹⁵ For [1063] this [5124] we say [3004] unto you [5213] by [1722] the word [3056] of the Lord [2962], that [3754] we [2249] which [3588] are alive [2198] and remain [4035] unto [1519] the coming [3952] of the Lord [2962] shall [5348] not [3364] prevent [5348] them which [3588] are asleep [2837].
¹⁶ For [3754] the Lord [2962] himself [846] shall descend [2597] from [575] heaven [3772] with [1722] a shout [2752], with [1722] the voice [5456] of the archangel [743], and [2532] with [1722] the trump [4536] of God [2316]: and [2532] the dead [3498] in [1722] Christ [5547] shall rise [450] first [4412]:
¹⁷ Then [1899] we [2249] which [3588] are alive [2198] and remain [4035] shall be caught up [726] together [260] with [4862] them [846] in [1722] the clouds [3507], to [1519] meet [529] the Lord [2962] in [1519] the air [109]: and [2532] so [3779] shall we [2071] ever [3842] be [2071] with [4862] the Lord [2962].

⁵ By faith [4102] Enoch [1802] was translated [3346] that he should [1492] not [3361] see [1492] death [2288]; and [2532] was [2147] not [3756] found [2147], because [1360] God [2316] had translated [3346] him [846]: for [1063] before [4253] his [846] translation [3331] he had this testimony [3140], that he pleased [2100] God [2316].