Genesis 5:24

Enoch walked with God, and then he disappeared ¹  because God took ²  him away.

Ge 5:21; Ge 37:30; Ge 42:36; 2Ki 2:11; Jer 31:15; Mt 2:18; Lu 23:43; Heb 11:5,6; 1Jo 1:7

¹ tn The Hebrew construction has the negative particle אֵין (’en, “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.

² 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.