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Hebrews 11:5

Hebrews 11:5

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God; literally, hath been witnessed of that he had been well-pleasing to God.

The allusion is, of course, to the testimony in Genesis (), the LXX. being closely followed, which has, εὐηρέστησεν ἐνὼχ τῷ θεῷ καὶ οὐχ ηὑρέσκετο διότι μετέθηκεν ἀυτον ὁ θεός, whereas the literal translation of our Hebrew text is, "Enoch walked with God; and he was not, because God took him."

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