Genesis 5:24
Hebrew Bible
22 After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God for 300 years, and he had other sons and daughters. 23 The entire lifetime of Enoch was 365 years. 24 Enoch walked with God, and then he disappeared because God took him away. 25 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech. 26 Methuselah lived 782 years after he became the father of Lamech, and he had other sons and daughters.
Date: 5th Century B.C.E. (Final composition) (based on scholarly estimates)
Source
1 Enoch 12:1
Pseudepigrapha
1 Before these things, Enoch was hidden, and no one among the children of men knew where he was hidden, where he lived, or what had happened to him. 2 His dealings were with the Watchers, and he spent his days among the holy ones. 3 And I, Enoch, was praising the Lord of majesty and the King of the ages, and lo! the Watchers called me - Enoch the scribe - and said to me:
Date: 200-50 B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
Source
Neofiti Genesis 5:24
Targum
22 And Enoch served in truth before the Lord after he had begotten Methuselah for three hundred years, and during these years he begot sons and daughters. 23 And all the days of the life of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. 24 And Enoch served in truth before the Lord and it is not known where he is, because he was withdrawn by a command from before the Lord. 25 And Methuselah lived a hundred and eighty-seven years and begot Lamech.
Date: 300-600 C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
Source
Notes and References
"... 1 Enoch 12:1 ... verse 1 paraphrases Genesis 5:24, “And Enoch walked with God, and he was not because God took him” The Greek (“was taken”) here corresponds to the Hebrew of Genesis 5:24 ([“was translated”] in LXX). A paraphrase similar to 1 Enoch 12:1 occurs in Targum Neofiti Genesis 5:24, where “and he was not” is rendered “and it was not known where he was” ..."
Nickelsburg, George W. E.
A Commentary on the Book of 1 Enoch Chapters 1-36, 81-108
(p. 233) Fortress Press, 2001
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