Enoch Walked With God: His Age, His Son and the Book of Enoch

Enoch is the seventh from Adam. Genesis gives his years in four verses; Adams’ chart prints two notices on the same panel, one about a book that bears his name and one about the name Edris.

In short: Enoch lived 365 years; “Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him” (Genesis 5:24). He was the father of Methuselah, and the seventh from Adam.

What the Bible says

²¹ And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: ²² And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: ²³ And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: ²⁴ And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
Genesis 5:21–24, King James Version

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.
Hebrews 11:5, King James Version

¹⁴ And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
Jude 14, King James Version

His years

	Genesis 5	Year of the world
Born	Jared was 162 when Enoch was born (verse 18)	622 (460 + 162)
His son	Methuselah, born when Enoch was 65 (verse 21)	687 (622 + 65)
His life	365 years (verse 23)	987 (622 + 365)

The year of the world is the running total of the fathers’ ages when their sons were born, as Adams’ chart sets it out; the years in the last column are calculations from Genesis 5.

Two notices on Adams’ chart

Above Methuselah’s band, Adams prints a notice about a book:

There is a Book extant [c]alled the “BOOK of ENOCH” but generally considered apocryphal,
“Was perhaps written by some devout Christian of the first Century” Ed.^d Robinson D.D. Ed. Bi. Dic.
Printed on Adams’ chart, panel 2 (the letter in brackets is hidden in the scan)

Above Jared’s band, a second notice gives Enoch the name Edris:

The Arabian name of ENOCH is EDRIS and their traditions of him are, that he was an eminent astronomer […] mathematician and prophet of God. Brit. Cy.
Printed on Adams’ chart, panel 2 (the notice runs past the right edge of the panel; a raised dot between “astronomer” and “mathematician” is marked […])

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Questions

How old was Enoch when God took him?

365 years: “And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.” (Genesis 5:23–24). By the ages in Genesis 5, he was born in the year of the world 622, so this was the year 987 (622 + 365).

Who was Enoch’s son?

Methuselah. Enoch was sixty-five years old when Methuselah was born (Genesis 5:21).

Who was Enoch’s father?

Jared. Genesis 5:18 says Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years and begat Enoch.

What does Adams’ chart say about the Book of Enoch?

A notice above Methuselah’s band reads: “There is a Book extant [c]alled the “BOOK of ENOCH” but generally considered apocryphal, “Was perhaps written by some devout Christian of the first Century” Ed.^d Robinson D.D. Ed. Bi. Dic.” The words are Adams’.

Who is Edris?

On Adams’ chart, Edris is the Arabian name of Enoch: “The Arabian name of ENOCH is EDRIS and their traditions of him are, that he was an eminent astronomer […] mathematician and prophet of God. Brit. Cy.” The words are Adams’.