How to Be an “Enoch” in Your Generation

The Bible doesn’t really tell us a lot about the man named Enoch. His story comes right after Cain and Abel’s in Genesis 5, and it takes up a grand total of 81 words, most of which are about how long he lived and who his relatives were. No, really—I’ll prove it. Here’s Enoch’s whole “story”: When Jared had lived 162 years, he fathered Enoch. Jared lived after he fathered Enoch 800 years and had other sons and daughters. Thus all the days of Jared were 962 years, and he died. When Enoch had lived