Enoch's Life
J. W. Atkinson. Genesis 5:24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. Few words are needed to describe the salient features of the majority of human lives. It is not needful to write a volume to tell whether a man has spent a noble or a wasted life. One stroke of the pen, one solitary word, may be enough. I. HERE IS A LIFE SUDDENLY AND PREMATURELY CUT SHORT; for, although Enoch lived 365 years, it Was not half the usual age of the men of his day. II. A LIFE SPENT AMID SURROUNDING WICKEDNESS. III. A LIFE SPENT IN FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD. In the expression "walked with God," there is the idea of — (1) strong persistence and determination; (2) progress. IV. A LIFE OF NOBLE TESTIMONY. "V. A LIFE CROWNED BY TRANSLATION. His translation was — (1) A reminder to the men of his day that there was another state above and beyond the present; (2) an intimation of the final reward of the saints. (J. W. Atkinson.) Parallel Verses KJV: And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. WEB: Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.