1. Name and Meaning
• Name: Enoch (Hebrew: חֲנוֹךְ, Ḥănōḵ)
• Meaning: “Dedicated” or “initiated,” from the Hebrew root ḥānak, meaning “to train” or “to consecrate”
2. Genealogical Placement and Lineage Role
• Position: Seventh generation from Adam; seventh in the Messianic line
• Father: Jared – lived during the early period of spiritual divergence
• Son: Methuselah – ancestral link toward Noah and the flood generation
• Lineage Role: Distinguished figure in the antediluvian line; represents spiritual intimacy with God and prefigures divine deliverance
3. Life Summary and Historical Setting
• Known for having “walked with God,” a rare distinction in early Scripture (Genesis 5:22, 24)
• Lived during a morally declining age, yet remained faithful and intimate in relationship with God
• Unlike others, he did not die but was taken by God (Genesis 5:24), a unique departure from the death formula common in Genesis 5
• Lifespan: 365 years—symbolically brief yet significant
4. Theological and Christological Significance
• Represents a type of holiness and divine favour amid widespread corruption
• Foreshadows the ascension of Christ, as both are described as being “taken up”
• Cited in Hebrews 11:5 as a model of faith and in Jude 1:14–15 as a prophetic voice concerning divine judgment
• His walk with God is often interpreted as emblematic of restored communion between God and humanity—a theme ultimately fulfilled in Christ
5. Legacy and Interpretive Reflections
• Highly esteemed in both Jewish and Christian traditions
• Enoch’s translation to heaven without death has inspired theological reflections on resurrection, immortality, and divine intimacy
• Referenced in apocryphal texts (e.g., 1 Enoch) and the New Testament, contributing to eschatological and messianic interpretation
• Subject of ongoing scholarly interest regarding his role in early biblical theology and typology
6. Summary Insight
• Enoch exemplifies faith, communion with God, and eschatological hope, serving as a prophetic witness and a living type of the one who would fully reconcile God and man—Jesus Christ.
7. Biblical References
• Genesis 5:18–24
• 1 Chronicles 1:3
• Luke 3:37
• Hebrews 11:5
• Jude 1:14–15