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1 Enoch 81 refers to Enoch being "taken away" which likely alludes to the obscure narrative of Genesis 5 where Enoch is taken away by God, using this language to connect itself with the primordial history in Genesis.
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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.
1 Enoch 81:6
Pseudepigrapha
5 The seven holy ones then took me and placed me on the earth before my home's door and said, 'Tell everything to your son Methuselah, and inform all your children that no one is righteous in the sight of the Lord, for He is their Creator. 6 'You will have one more year to live with your son, during which you must give your final instructions, teach your children, write it down for them, and bear witness to all your children; and in the second year, you will be taken from among them.' 7 'Let your heart be strong, for the righteous will share truths with the righteous; they will rejoice together, and congratulate one another.'
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Notes and References
"... That Enoch will “be taken” reflects the language of Genesis 5:24. The combination of the verb nāśaʾ with the expression “from among them” has no precedent in Genesis, but the word occurs in 70:2–3 of Enoch’s ascent, and the whole expression appears in Wisdom of Solomon 4:10 in an allusion to Enoch, based on Genesis 5:24 ..."
Nickelsburg, George W. E.
A Commentary on the Book of 1 Enoch Chapters 1-36, 81-108
(p. 341) Fortress Press, 2001
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