Genesis 5:21-24

21 When Enoch was 65, he had a son, Methuselah.

22 After that, Enoch lived in fellowship with God for 300 years and had other children.

23 He lived to be 365 years old.

24 He spent his life in fellowship with God, and then he disappeared, because God took him away. ¹

Genesis 5:21-24 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 5

This chapter contains a list or catalogue of the posterity of Adam in the line of Seth, down to Noah; it begins with a short account of the creation of Adam, and of his life and death, Ge 5:1-5 next of five of the antediluvian patriarchs, their age and death, namely Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Ge 5:6-20 then a particular relation of Enoch, his character and translation, Ge 5:21-24 then follows an account of Methuselah, the oldest man, and Lamech's oracle concerning his son Noah, Ge 5:12-29 and the chapter is closed with the life and death of Lamech, and the birth of the three sons of Noah, Ge 5:30-32.

Cross References

• 1. 5.24 +2Si 44.16; 49.14; +1He 11.5; Jude 14.