King James Version
Genesis 5:24 in the King James Version says “And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.”
Genesis 5:24 · KJV
And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
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.
And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: Lamech: Heb. Lemech
KJV Study — Public Domain
“walked”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
“and he was not for God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and he was not for God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
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