Text -- Genesis 5:24 (NET)

5:24 Enoch walked with God, and then he disappeared because God took him away.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Gen 5:24

¹ tn The Hebrew construction has the negative particle אֵין (’en, “there is not,” “there was not”) with a pronominal suffix, “he was not.” Instead of saying that Enoch died, the text says he no longer was present.

² sn The text simply states that God took Enoch. Similar language is used of Elijah’s departure from this world (see 2 Kgs 2:10). The text implies that God overruled death for this man who walked with him.