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Genesis 5:24
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Genesis 5:24
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
24 Enoch walked with God,[a] and he was no longer here, for God took him.(A)
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- 5:24 Enoch is in the important seventh position in the ten-member genealogy. In place of the usual formula “then he died,” the change to “Enoch walked with God” implies that he did not die, but like Elijah (2 Kgs 2:11–12) was taken alive to God’s abode. This mysterious narrative spurred much speculation and writing (beginning as early as the third century B.C.) about Enoch the sage who knew the secrets of heaven and who could communicate them to human beings (see Sir 44:16; 49:14; Hb 11:5; Jude 14–15 and the apocryphal work 1 Enoch).
Ben Sira 44:16
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Ben Sira 44:16
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
The Early Ancestors
16 [Enoch[a] walked with the Lord and was taken,(A)
that succeeding generations might learn by his example.]
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- 44:16 Enoch: because of his friendship with God and his unusual disappearance from the earth, this prophet’s renown was great among the chosen people, particularly in the two centuries just before the coming of Christ; cf. Gn 5:21–24; Hb 11:5. The present verse is an expansion of the original text; cf. 49:14.
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