Event

Enoch taken up

Date:: 3016 BC
Duration:: 1 day

Genesis says of Enoch, an ancestor of Noah, that he "walked with God: and he was not; for God took him" (Genesis 5:24), read since ancient times as meaning he was taken to heaven without dying. Hebrews 11:5 cites this as an example of faith.

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Enoch

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Reference	Verse
Genesis 5:24	And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
Hebrews 11:5	By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

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