Genesis 5:22
ContextNET © | After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 1 for 300 years, 2 and he had other 3 sons and daughters. |
NIV © | And after he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters. |
NASB © | Then Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he became the father of Methuselah, and he had other sons and daughters. |
NLT © | After the birth of Methuselah, Enoch lived another 300 years in close fellowship with God, and he had other sons and daughters. |
MSG © | Enoch walked steadily with God. After he had Methuselah, he lived another 300 years, having more sons and daughters. |
BBE © | And after the birth of Methuselah, Enoch went on in God’s ways for three hundred years, and had sons and daughters: |
NRSV © | Enoch walked with God after the birth of Methuselah three hundred years, and had other sons and daughters. |
NKJV © | After he begot Methuselah, Enoch walked with God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters. |
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NET © | After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 1 for 300 years, 2 and he had other 3 sons and daughters. |
NET © Notes |
1 sn With the seventh panel there is a digression from the pattern. Instead of simply saying that Enoch lived, the text observes that he “walked with God.” The rare expression “walked with” (the Hitpael form of the verb הָלָךְ, halakh, “to walk” collocated with the preposition אֶת, ’et, “with”) is used in 1 Sam 25:15 to describe how David’s men maintained a cordial and cooperative relationship with Nabal’s men as they worked and lived side by side in the fields. In Gen 5:22 the phrase suggests that Enoch and God “got along.” This may imply that Enoch lived in close fellowship with God, leading a life of devotion and piety. An early Jewish tradition, preserved in 1 En. 1:9 and alluded to in Jude 14, says that Enoch preached about the coming judgment. See F. S. Parnham, “Walking with God,” EvQ 46 (1974): 117-18. 2 tn Heb “and Enoch walked with God, after he became the father of Methuselah, [for] 300 years.” 3 tn The word “other” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for stylistic reasons. |