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Genesis 5:24-26
New English Translation
Genesis 5:24-26
New English Translation
24 Enoch walked with God, and then he disappeared[a] because God took[b] him away.
25 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech. 26 Methuselah lived 782 years after he became the father of Lamech, and he had other[c] sons and daughters.
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- Genesis 5:24 tn The Hebrew construction has the negative particle אֵין (ʾen, “there is not,” “there was not”) with a pronominal suffix, “he was not.” Instead of saying that Enoch died, the text says he no longer was present.
- Genesis 5:24 sn The text simply states that God took Enoch. Similar language is used of Elijah’s departure from this world (see 2 Kgs 2:10). The text implies that God overruled death for this man who walked with him.
- Genesis 5:26 tn The word “other” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for stylistic reasons.
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