The Meaning of Genesis 5:24 Explained

Genesis 5:24

KJV: And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

YLT: And Enoch walketh habitually with God, and he is not, for God hath taken him.

Darby: And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.

ASV: and Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

Discover Genesis 5:24

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Genesis 5:24?

MEANING: What does Genesis 5:24 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Genesis 5:24 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Genesis 5:24?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Enoch  walked  with God:  and he [was] not; for God  took  him. 

What does Genesis 5:24 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 5:1-24 - Posterity Of Adam
In contrast to Cain's line in the previous chapter, we have Seth's in this. Note the curious similarity in the names, as though the Cainites professed all that the Sethites held, but lacked the reality and power. There have always been these two families in the world, tares and wheat, goats and sheep. This is an old-world cemetery; we walk among old monuments with time-worn inscriptions. Though the Sethites were God-fearers, they were tinged with Adam's sin. He was made in God's image, but they in His. "That which is born of the flesh is flesh." We need what is described in Colossians 3:10 and Ephesians 4:23. The birth of Methuselah seems to have had a profound influence on his father. After that he walked with God. Faith will enable us to do the same, because it makes the unseen visible and God real. Go God's way: keep God's pace: talk to Him aloud and constantly, as the great Companion. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 5

1  Recapitulation of the creation of man
3  The genealogy, age, and death of the patriarchs from Adam to Noah
22  Enoch's godliness and translation into Heaven
25  The family line of Methuselah to Noah and his sons

What do the individual words in Genesis 5:24 mean?

And walked Enoch with God and he [was] not for took him God -
וַיִּתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ חֲנ֖וֹךְ אֶת־ הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים וְאֵינֶ֕נּוּ כִּֽי־ לָקַ֥ח אֹת֖וֹ אֱלֹהִֽים פ

וַיִּתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ  And  walked 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hitpael, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
חֲנ֖וֹךְ  Enoch 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֲנׄוךְ 
Sense: eldest son of Cain.
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים  God 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
וְאֵינֶ֕נּוּ  and  he  [was]  not 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, third person masculine singular
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
לָקַ֥ח  took 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
אֱלֹהִֽים  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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