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23 Enoch lived on earth for 365 years. 24 Enoch lived to please God all this time, then Enoch was not there any more. God took Enoch to be with him.[a]

25 When Methuselah was 187 years old, he had a son. He called him Lamech.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 5:24 God took Enoch to be with him in heaven. So Enoch did not die like other people die.
  2. 5:25 This is not the same Lamech as the one who killed a young man. See Genesis 4:23.

23 Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years. 24 Enoch walked faithfully with God;(A) then he was no more, because God took him away.(B)

25 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.(C)

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