Enoch

Also known as Chanoch, Hanok, Henoc, Hanokh

Enoch ( ; Henṓkh) is a biblical figure and patriarch prior to Noah's flood. He is the son of Jared and father of Methuselah.

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Enoch is a biblical figure who lived before Noah's flood and is known as the father of Methuselah, the man credited with living the longest life in the Bible. He matters in religious tradition partly because, according to some biblical accounts, he was taken directly to heaven without experiencing death, making him a unique figure in early religious history.

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Saint.honorific_prefix: Prophet
Saint.name: Enoch
Saint.image: Spas na Ilyine - Patriarch Enoch.jpg
Saint.imagesize: 220px
Saint.caption: Patriarch Enoch, a fresco by Theophanes the Greek, 14th century.
Saint.feast_day: 30 July (Eastern Orthodox)Sunday of the Holy Forefathers (Eastern Orthodox)22 January Coptic Church19 July (his assumption in the Coptic Church)
Saint.venerated_in: ChristianityIslamJudaismDruze faithSamaritanismNew religious movements
Saint.titles: Patriarch, Prophet

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Etymology
Book of Genesis
Books of Enoch (Apocryphal)
In Book of Giants
Septuagint
In Classical Rabbinism
In Christianity
New Testament
Influence in Christianity
In Latter-day Saint theology
In Islam
In Theosophy
In Samaritanism
Genealogy
See also
References
Notes
Citations
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Enoch ( ; Henṓkh) is a biblical figure and patriarch prior to Noah's flood. He is the son of Jared and father of Methuselah.

The text of the Book of Genesis says Enoch lived 365 years before he was taken by God. The text reads that Enoch "walked with God: and he was no more; for God took him" (), which is interpreted as Enoch entering heaven alive in some Jewish and Christian traditions, and interpreted differently in others.