Enoch stands out in the genealogy of Genesis 5 like a break in a drumbeat. Amid the tolling refrain of and he died, the text says only of Enoch that he walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. He did not die; God simply took him home.
His name means dedicated, and dedication describes his life — three hundred years of walking with God. Hebrews says that before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. Jude even preserves a prophecy of his.
Enoch has surged in popularity as parents rediscover its meaning and its rare, striking story of a life so close to God that it skipped the grave.
Enoch in the Bible
And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.