Genesis 5:22
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A.W. Tozer
Zac PoonenZac Poonen
Chuck Smith
John HunterSummary
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- Adam Clarke
- John Gill
- Tyndale
Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
And Enoch walked with God - three hundred years - There are several things worthy of our most particular notice in this account: 1. The name of this patriarch; Enoch, from חנך chanack, which signifies to instruct, to initiate, to dedicate. From his subsequent conduct we are authorized to believe he was early instructed in the things of God, initiated into the worship of his Maker, and dedicated to his service. By these means, under the influence of the Divine Spirit, which will ever attend pious parental instructions, his mind got that sacred bias which led him to act a part so distinguished through the course of a long life. 2. His religious conduct. He walked with God; יתהלך yithhallech, he set himself to walk, he was fixedly purposed and determined to live to God. Those who are acquainted with the original will at once see that it has this force. A verb in the conjugation called hithpael signifies a reciprocal act, that which a man does upon himself: here we may consider Enoch receiving a pious education, and the Divine influence through it; in consequence of which he determines to be a worker with God, and therefore takes up the resolution to walk with his Maker, that he might not receive the grace of God in vain. 3. The circumstances in which he was placed. He was a patriarch; the king, the priest, and the prophet of a numerous family, to whom he was to administer justice, among whom he was to perform all the rites and ceremonies of religion, and teach, both by precept and example, the way of truth and righteousness. Add to this, he was a married man, he had a numerous family of his own, independently of the collateral branches over which he was obliged, as patriarch, to preside; he walked three hundred years with God, and begat sons and daughters; therefore marriage is no hindrance even to the perfection of piety; much less inconsistent with it, as some have injudiciously taught. 4. The astonishing height of piety to which he had arrived; being cleansed from all filthiness of the flesh and of the spirit, and having perfected holiness in the fear of God, we find not only his soul but his body purified, so that, without being obliged to visit the empire of death, he was capable of immediate translation to the paradise of God. There are few cases of this kind on record; but probably there might be more, many more, were the followers of God more faithful to the grace they receive. 5. Enoch attained this state of religious and spiritual excellence in a time when, comparatively speaking, there were few helps, and no written revelation. Here then we cannot but see and admire how mighty the grace of God is, and what wonders it works in the behalf of those who are faithful, who set themselves to walk with God. It is not the want of grace nor of the means of grace that is the cause of the decay of this primitive piety, but the want of faithfulness in those who have the light, and yet will not walk as children of the light. 6. If the grace of God could work such a mighty change in those primitive times, when life and immortality were not brought to light by the Gospel, what may we not expect in these times, in which the Son of God tabernacles among men, in which God gives the Holy Spirit to them who ask him, in which all things are possible to him who believes? No man can prove that Enoch had greater spiritual advantages than any of the other patriarchs, though it seems pretty evident that he made a better use of those that were common to all than any of the rest did; and it would be absurd to say that he had greater spiritual helps and advantages than Christians can now expect, for he lived under a dispensation much less perfect than that of the Law, and yet the law itself was only the shadow of the glorious substance of Gospel blessings and Gospel privileges. 7. It is said that Enoch not only walked with God, setting him always before his eyes, beginning, continuing, and ending every work to his glory, but also that he pleased God, and had the testimony that he did please God, Heb 11:5. Hence we learn that it was then possible to live so as not to offend God, consequently so as not to commit sin against him; and to have the continual evidence or testimony that all that a man did and purposed was pleasing in the sight of Him who searches the heart, and by whom devices are weighed: and if it was possible then, it is surely, through the same grace, possible now; for God, and Christ, and faith, are still the same.
John Gill Bible Commentary
And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat son. According to the Septuagint version he was an hundred and eighty eight years old; but according to the Samaritan version only fifty three; the name, of his son, begotten by him, is given in the next verse, with the reason of it. And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat son. According to the Septuagint version he was an hundred and eighty eight years old; but according to the Samaritan version only fifty three; the name, of his son, begotten by him, is given in the next verse, with the reason of it. Genesis 5:29 gen 5:29 gen 5:29 gen 5:29And he called his name Noah,.... Which signifies rest and comfort; for rest gives comfort, and comfort flows from rest, see Sa2 14:17, where a word from the same root is rendered "comfortable", and agrees with the reason of the name, as follows: saying, this same shall comfort us, concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground, which the Lord hath cursed; this he spake by a spirit of prophecy, foreseeing what his son would be, and of what advantage to him and his family, and to the world, both in things temporal and spiritual. In things temporal: the earth was cursed for the sin of man immediately after the fall, and continued under it to this time, bringing forth thorns and thistles in great abundance of itself, which occasioned much trouble to root and pluck them up, and nothing else, without digging, and planting, and sowing; and being barren through the curse, it was with great difficulty men got a livelihood: now Noah eased them in a good measure of their toil and trouble, by inventing instruments of ploughing, as Jarchi suggests, which they had not before, but threw up the ground with their hands, and by the use of spades, or such like things, which was very laborious; but now, by the use of the plough, and beasts to draw it, their lives were made much more easy and comfortable; hence he is said to begin to be an "husbandman", or a "man of the earth", that brought agriculture to a greater perfection, having found out an easier and quicker manner of tilling the earth: and as he was the first that is said to plant a vineyard, if he was the inventor of wine, this was another way in which he was an instrument of giving refreshment and comfort to men, that being what cheers the heart of God and men, see Gen 9:20 and if the antediluvians were restrained from eating of flesh, and their diet was confined to the fruits of the earth; Noah, as Dr. Lightfoot (d) observes, would be a comfort in reference to this, because to him, and in him to all the world, God would give liberty to eat flesh; so that they were not obliged to get their whole livelihood with their hands out of the ground: and moreover, as Lamech might be apprised of the flood by the name of his father, and the prediction of his grandfather, he might foresee that he and his family would be saved, and be the restorer of the world, and repeople it, after the destruction of it by the flood. And he may have respect to comfort in spiritual things, either at first taking him to be the promised seed, the Messiah, in whom all comfort is; or however a type of him, and from whom he should spring, who would deliver them from the curse of the law, and from the bondage of it, and from toiling and seeking for a righteousness by the works of it; or he might foresee that he would be a good man, and a preacher of righteousness, and be a public good in his day and generation. (d) Works, vol. 1. p. 9.
Tyndale Open Study Notes
5:22 Enoch lived in close fellowship with God (literally Enoch walked with God; also in 5:24): Enoch’s position as seventh from Adam in the genealogy strikes a contrast with Lamech, the seventh from Adam in the line of Cain (see study note on 4:17–5:32).
Genesis 5:22
God Takes Up Enoch
21When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah. 22And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.23So Enoch lived a total of 365 years.
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(Hebrews - Part 33): By Faith Enoch
By A.W. Tozer5.1K24:15ExpositionalGEN 4:4GEN 5:22GEN 5:24GEN 6:5MAT 7:7ROM 3:23HEB 11:6In this sermon, the speaker focuses on the story of Enoch from the Bible and highlights five key lessons that can be learned from his life. The first lesson is that without faith, it is impossible to please God. Enoch's faith allowed him to find water in the desert when no one else could. The second lesson is the importance of the Church as a new brotherhood of the redeemed. The speaker emphasizes the significance of connecting the past with the present and allowing those who have knowledge to teach those who do not. Lastly, the speaker encourages the audience to be willing to detach themselves from their generation and seek God's approval rather than the approval of others. The example of John Wesley is given as someone who faced opposition but ultimately triumphed by staying true to his message.
Through the Bible - Job - Part 1
By Zac Poonen3.0K56:54GEN 5:22JOB 1:1MAT 6:33JAS 5:11In this sermon, the preacher discusses the story of Job from the book of Job in the Bible. He emphasizes that when God anoints a man's ministry and his work spreads, there will be jealousy even among those who claim to be his friends. The preacher explains that God allows something to happen to godly men in order to expose the wickedness and jealousy of others. He also highlights three hedges that God puts around the lives of godly people: personal life, family, and finances. The sermon concludes by mentioning that a godly man may face difficulties, including a difficult wife and being misunderstood by other religious people of his generation.
Through the Bible - 2 John, 3 John, Jude
By Zac Poonen2.1K53:08Through The BibleGEN 5:22ROM 8:131JN 3:231JN 4:2JUD 1:5In this sermon, the preacher emphasizes the importance of discernment in understanding the truth. He compares the process of finding the right answer in multiple-choice questions to discerning the truth in matters of science, history, and spirituality. The preacher highlights three key points that are crucial for believers: obeying God's commandments, loving one another, and acknowledging that Jesus came in the flesh. He emphasizes that these three points are interconnected and essential for living a righteous life. The preacher also explains that God allows deception to sharpen our discernment and help us mature in our faith.
(Through the Bible) Exodus 1-5
By Chuck Smith1.8K1:23:21ExpositionalGEN 50:26EXO 2:15EXO 4:1EXO 4:10In this sermon, the preacher emphasizes that God is not just a passive observer of our struggles and suffering. He takes action to deliver His people from their hardships. The preacher also highlights the importance of not getting too attached to material possessions, as they can easily be taken away. Instead, our focus should be on the things of the Spirit and God's eternal kingdom. The sermon references the story of Moses and the Israelites in Egypt, where they faced oppression and hardship, but ultimately God delivered them.
Enoch
By John Hunter1.3K30:39EnochGEN 5:22GEN 5:24MAT 6:33HEB 7:1In this sermon, the preacher emphasizes the importance of raising a family for God and living according to His standards. He uses the example of Noah, who reared his family in a world filled with ungodliness. The preacher encourages couples not to refuse having a family for selfish reasons and highlights the power of God over evil. He also discusses the concept of walking with God and how it leads to a deeper knowledge and relationship with Him. The preacher concludes by stating that knowing Christ is more important than knowing any other person.
Walking With God in Your Generation (Norwegian)
By Zac Poonen1.3K59:25GEN 5:22ISA 58:13LUK 21:24ACT 2:171CO 14:1HEB 4:9HEB 11:5HEB 11:72PE 2:5
This sermon emphasizes the importance of walking with God and living a life that pleases Him, drawing inspiration from the examples of Enoch and Noah. It challenges young people to have a radical conversion like Enoch, to desire to prophesy, and to condemn the world by their way of life. The speaker highlights the need for strict yet loving parenting, involving children in building the church, and responding wholeheartedly to the call of God.
Building the Body of Christ - 9 Enoch and Noah Walked With God
By Zac Poonen70857:02GEN 5:22ECC 8:11LUK 21:20HEB 11:5REV 3:1REV 9:14
This sermon delves into the story of Enoch, the first preacher in the Bible who preached about the second coming of Christ and judgment against sin. It emphasizes the importance of walking with God, preaching against sin, and having a testimony that pleases God. The sermon highlights the need for believers to have faith, humility, and a focus on spiritual matters amidst a world filled with corruption and rebellion.
Walking With God - Part 1
By Loran Helm44045:12GodGEN 2:6GEN 5:22GEN 6:9MAT 6:33LUK 13:3REV 3:4In this sermon, the preacher shares personal experiences and reflections on walking with God. He describes a journey through Oklahoma where the weather was dreary and snow was threatening, but God provided help and guidance. The preacher emphasizes the importance of following God's will and being led by the Holy Spirit. He also shares a powerful testimony of a woman who was healed after hearing the message of the kingdom of God. Overall, the sermon encourages listeners to walk with God and follow Jesus.
(Finding God's Will) 1. God's Plan for Your Life
By Zac Poonen0Guidance in Life DecisionsGod's WillGEN 5:22MAT 7:21MAT 11:28MAT 12:50EPH 2:10EPH 5:17COL 1:9COL 4:121PE 4:11JN 2:17Zac Poonen emphasizes that the greatest honor for believers is to do God's will, as taught by Jesus and the apostles. He warns against the folly of pursuing our own paths without seeking God's guidance, especially when making significant life decisions. Poonen highlights that many miss God's perfect will due to disobedience and compromise, urging believers to earnestly seek God's plan for their lives. He illustrates this with biblical examples, including David and the Israelites, and encourages a life dedicated to fulfilling God's will. Ultimately, he calls for a commitment to walk in God's appointed path, assuring that it leads to true fulfillment and purpose.
God's Plan for Your Life
By Zac Poonen0ObedienceGod's WillGEN 5:22MAT 7:21MAT 12:50JHN 4:34EPH 2:10EPH 5:17COL 1:9COL 4:121PE 4:11JN 2:17Zac Poonen emphasizes that the greatest honor for believers is to do the will of God, as taught by Jesus and echoed by the apostles. He highlights that God has a specific plan for each individual, and it is crucial to seek His guidance in all aspects of life to avoid missing His perfect will. Poonen encourages believers to walk in obedience, using examples from scripture such as David, Enoch, and the Israelites to illustrate the importance of aligning with God's will. He warns against the dangers of self-will and urges a commitment to live under the yoke of Christ, which leads to true freedom and fulfillment. Ultimately, he calls for a life lived with purpose, responsibility, and a deep desire to fulfill God's calling.
Walking With God
By J.C. Philpot0GEN 5:22ISA 41:8AMO 3:3ROM 12:92CO 6:142CO 6:16GAL 5:22PHP 2:5HEB 11:5JAS 4:41JN 2:15J.C. Philpot delves into the concept of walking with God, emphasizing the necessity of agreement between man and God for such a relationship to exist. He explores the impossibility of God and man walking together without alignment in love, hatred, and desires. Philpot highlights the need for man to adopt God's perspective on sin and righteousness, to mirror His affections and aversions, and to cultivate a heart that resonates with God's own. Through examples like Enoch, Abraham, and the Corinthian believers, he illustrates that agreement with God leads to a harmonious walk with Him, where His presence dwells within and they journey together in unity.
Walking With God
By Thomas Reade0GEN 5:22JHN 14:6EPH 5:8COL 1:102TI 3:5HEB 11:51JN 2:6JUD 1:14REV 19:11Thomas Reade preaches on the profound concept of walking with God, using the example of Enoch from Genesis. Enoch's faith, pleasing to God, led to his ultimate translation to heaven, emphasizing the importance of faith in pleasing God. The sermon delves into the progression, privileges, and perseverance of believers, highlighting the need to walk in alignment with God's will and truth to avoid eternal destruction. The message urges believers to examine their walk with God, emphasizing the significance of faith, love, truth, and wisdom in their journey towards eternal glory.
Pentecost Received Results in Walking With God and Separation From the World
By Aaron Hills0GEN 5:22GEN 6:9GEN 17:1EXO 25:222KI 20:3AMO 3:3MIC 6:8LUK 1:62CO 5:72CO 6:14COL 2:6Aaron Hills preaches on the importance of walking with God as commanded in the Bible, emphasizing the duty, warnings, promises, conditions, and examples provided in God's Word. The sermon highlights the significance of obedience, being led by the Spirit, living a life of faith, agreement with God, separation from the world, and following the examples of faithful individuals like Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Elijah.
Sermon -- Entire Sanctification
By Martin Knapp0GEN 5:22GEN 6:9GEN 17:1LEV 19:2DEU 18:13PSA 51:7MAT 5:8MAT 5:48JHN 17:171TH 5:23Reverend J. H. Weber, in the Methodist church at the city of Adrian, preaches about the possibility of attaining perfection and holiness through sanctification. He emphasizes the need for believers to confess their sins, ask God to cleanse their hereditary sin, and strive for a life of obedience and purity. Drawing from various biblical examples like Enoch, Noah, and Job, he encourages the congregation to seek sanctification and walk with God in purity and holiness.
- Adam Clarke
- John Gill
- Tyndale
Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
And Enoch walked with God - three hundred years - There are several things worthy of our most particular notice in this account: 1. The name of this patriarch; Enoch, from חנך chanack, which signifies to instruct, to initiate, to dedicate. From his subsequent conduct we are authorized to believe he was early instructed in the things of God, initiated into the worship of his Maker, and dedicated to his service. By these means, under the influence of the Divine Spirit, which will ever attend pious parental instructions, his mind got that sacred bias which led him to act a part so distinguished through the course of a long life. 2. His religious conduct. He walked with God; יתהלך yithhallech, he set himself to walk, he was fixedly purposed and determined to live to God. Those who are acquainted with the original will at once see that it has this force. A verb in the conjugation called hithpael signifies a reciprocal act, that which a man does upon himself: here we may consider Enoch receiving a pious education, and the Divine influence through it; in consequence of which he determines to be a worker with God, and therefore takes up the resolution to walk with his Maker, that he might not receive the grace of God in vain. 3. The circumstances in which he was placed. He was a patriarch; the king, the priest, and the prophet of a numerous family, to whom he was to administer justice, among whom he was to perform all the rites and ceremonies of religion, and teach, both by precept and example, the way of truth and righteousness. Add to this, he was a married man, he had a numerous family of his own, independently of the collateral branches over which he was obliged, as patriarch, to preside; he walked three hundred years with God, and begat sons and daughters; therefore marriage is no hindrance even to the perfection of piety; much less inconsistent with it, as some have injudiciously taught. 4. The astonishing height of piety to which he had arrived; being cleansed from all filthiness of the flesh and of the spirit, and having perfected holiness in the fear of God, we find not only his soul but his body purified, so that, without being obliged to visit the empire of death, he was capable of immediate translation to the paradise of God. There are few cases of this kind on record; but probably there might be more, many more, were the followers of God more faithful to the grace they receive. 5. Enoch attained this state of religious and spiritual excellence in a time when, comparatively speaking, there were few helps, and no written revelation. Here then we cannot but see and admire how mighty the grace of God is, and what wonders it works in the behalf of those who are faithful, who set themselves to walk with God. It is not the want of grace nor of the means of grace that is the cause of the decay of this primitive piety, but the want of faithfulness in those who have the light, and yet will not walk as children of the light. 6. If the grace of God could work such a mighty change in those primitive times, when life and immortality were not brought to light by the Gospel, what may we not expect in these times, in which the Son of God tabernacles among men, in which God gives the Holy Spirit to them who ask him, in which all things are possible to him who believes? No man can prove that Enoch had greater spiritual advantages than any of the other patriarchs, though it seems pretty evident that he made a better use of those that were common to all than any of the rest did; and it would be absurd to say that he had greater spiritual helps and advantages than Christians can now expect, for he lived under a dispensation much less perfect than that of the Law, and yet the law itself was only the shadow of the glorious substance of Gospel blessings and Gospel privileges. 7. It is said that Enoch not only walked with God, setting him always before his eyes, beginning, continuing, and ending every work to his glory, but also that he pleased God, and had the testimony that he did please God, Heb 11:5. Hence we learn that it was then possible to live so as not to offend God, consequently so as not to commit sin against him; and to have the continual evidence or testimony that all that a man did and purposed was pleasing in the sight of Him who searches the heart, and by whom devices are weighed: and if it was possible then, it is surely, through the same grace, possible now; for God, and Christ, and faith, are still the same.
John Gill Bible Commentary
And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat son. According to the Septuagint version he was an hundred and eighty eight years old; but according to the Samaritan version only fifty three; the name, of his son, begotten by him, is given in the next verse, with the reason of it. And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat son. According to the Septuagint version he was an hundred and eighty eight years old; but according to the Samaritan version only fifty three; the name, of his son, begotten by him, is given in the next verse, with the reason of it. Genesis 5:29 gen 5:29 gen 5:29 gen 5:29And he called his name Noah,.... Which signifies rest and comfort; for rest gives comfort, and comfort flows from rest, see Sa2 14:17, where a word from the same root is rendered "comfortable", and agrees with the reason of the name, as follows: saying, this same shall comfort us, concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground, which the Lord hath cursed; this he spake by a spirit of prophecy, foreseeing what his son would be, and of what advantage to him and his family, and to the world, both in things temporal and spiritual. In things temporal: the earth was cursed for the sin of man immediately after the fall, and continued under it to this time, bringing forth thorns and thistles in great abundance of itself, which occasioned much trouble to root and pluck them up, and nothing else, without digging, and planting, and sowing; and being barren through the curse, it was with great difficulty men got a livelihood: now Noah eased them in a good measure of their toil and trouble, by inventing instruments of ploughing, as Jarchi suggests, which they had not before, but threw up the ground with their hands, and by the use of spades, or such like things, which was very laborious; but now, by the use of the plough, and beasts to draw it, their lives were made much more easy and comfortable; hence he is said to begin to be an "husbandman", or a "man of the earth", that brought agriculture to a greater perfection, having found out an easier and quicker manner of tilling the earth: and as he was the first that is said to plant a vineyard, if he was the inventor of wine, this was another way in which he was an instrument of giving refreshment and comfort to men, that being what cheers the heart of God and men, see Gen 9:20 and if the antediluvians were restrained from eating of flesh, and their diet was confined to the fruits of the earth; Noah, as Dr. Lightfoot (d) observes, would be a comfort in reference to this, because to him, and in him to all the world, God would give liberty to eat flesh; so that they were not obliged to get their whole livelihood with their hands out of the ground: and moreover, as Lamech might be apprised of the flood by the name of his father, and the prediction of his grandfather, he might foresee that he and his family would be saved, and be the restorer of the world, and repeople it, after the destruction of it by the flood. And he may have respect to comfort in spiritual things, either at first taking him to be the promised seed, the Messiah, in whom all comfort is; or however a type of him, and from whom he should spring, who would deliver them from the curse of the law, and from the bondage of it, and from toiling and seeking for a righteousness by the works of it; or he might foresee that he would be a good man, and a preacher of righteousness, and be a public good in his day and generation. (d) Works, vol. 1. p. 9.
Tyndale Open Study Notes
5:22 Enoch lived in close fellowship with God (literally Enoch walked with God; also in 5:24): Enoch’s position as seventh from Adam in the genealogy strikes a contrast with Lamech, the seventh from Adam in the line of Cain (see study note on 4:17–5:32).