Patriarchal Â· Prophet

Enoch

Era

Patriarchal

Tribe

Before the Tribes

Roles

Prophet

Lifespan

365 years Â· 65 at named sonHebrew Masoretic

Text traditions are manuscript families. Their numbers can differ, so each age or reign keeps its own tradition tag.

Father

Jared

Mother

Not recorded in Scripture

Biography

Enoch son of Jared fathered Methuselah at 65 and lived 365 years . He walked with God, and he was not, because God took him .

Hebrews remembers Enoch as one who was taken so that he should not see death and as one who pleased God . Jude treats Enoch, the seventh from Adam, as a prophet who spoke judgment against ungodliness .

Luke places Enoch in the genealogy of Jesus between Jared and Methuselah . This Enoch is the Sethite line figure in Genesis 5, distinct from the Enoch named in Cain's city line in Genesis 4 .

In Scripture

Place in the Line

The cited biological line from Enoch runs through Methuselah toward Jesus; later it has multiple branches: Solomon, Nathan.

legal father

4 generations

1 generation

9 generations

23 generations

38 generations

legal father

4 generations

1 generation

9 generations

23 generations

38 generations

Where scholars differ

Which ancient textual tradition's ages should be used for Genesis 5 and 11?

What is in question: Genesis 5 and 11 preserve different age numbers in different textual traditions, so chronology depends on which tradition is being followed.

One reading

Use the Masoretic Text ages

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Claim: The main display uses the Masoretic Text, the traditional Hebrew text behind many Old Testament editions, unless another tradition is named.

Basis: Genesis 5:3-32 and Genesis 11:10-26 are the sections where the ages appear; the local age data is tagged by textual tradition.

Who holds it: not attributed to a named source in this dataset

Verses:

Another reading

Account for Septuagint and Samaritan Pentateuch ages

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Claim: The Septuagint, an ancient Greek translation, and the Samaritan Pentateuch, the Samaritan form of the Torah, preserve different age figures in these chapters.

Basis: Genesis 5:3-32 and Genesis 11:10-26 are the same age lists, but the numbers differ across these textual traditions.

Who holds it: not attributed to a named source in this dataset

Verses:

Scholarly weight: The Masoretic Text is the default for most Hebrew-based Old Testament displays and for this site. The Septuagint and Samaritan Pentateuch remain important ancient witnesses, so chronology should be stated with the textual tradition named.

Graph note: The graph keeps dates and ages tradition-tagged rather than flattening them into a single chronology.

Sethite Enoch — distinct from Cain's son Enoch (Gen 4:17).