The Meaning of Genesis 5:22 Explained

Genesis 5:22

KJV: And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

YLT: And Enoch walketh habitually with God after his begetting Methuselah three hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

Darby: And Enoch walked with God after he had begotten Methushelah three hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

ASV: and Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Enoch  walked  with  God  after  he begat  Methuselah  three  hundred  years,  and begat  sons  and daughters: 

What does Genesis 5:22 Mean?

Study Notes

Enoch
Enoch, "translated that he should not see death" Hebrews 11:5 before the judgment of the Flood, is a type of those saints who are to be translated before the apocalyptic judgments 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17 . Noah, left on the earth, but preserved through the judgment of the Flood, is a type of the Jewish people, who will be kept through the apocalyptic judgments; Jeremiah 30:5-9 ; Revelation 12:13-16 and brought as an earthly people to the new heaven and new earth; Isaiah 65:17-19 ; Isaiah 66:20-22 ; Revelation 21:1 .

Context Summary

Genesis 5:1-24 - Posterity Of Adam
In contrast to Cain's line in the previous chapter, we have Seth's in this. Note the curious similarity in the names, as though the Cainites professed all that the Sethites held, but lacked the reality and power. There have always been these two families in the world, tares and wheat, goats and sheep. This is an old-world cemetery; we walk among old monuments with time-worn inscriptions. Though the Sethites were God-fearers, they were tinged with Adam's sin. He was made in God's image, but they in His. "That which is born of the flesh is flesh." We need what is described in Colossians 3:10 and Ephesians 4:23. The birth of Methuselah seems to have had a profound influence on his father. After that he walked with God. Faith will enable us to do the same, because it makes the unseen visible and God real. Go God's way: keep God's pace: talk to Him aloud and constantly, as the great Companion. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 5

1  Recapitulation of the creation of man
3  The genealogy, age, and death of the patriarchs from Adam to Noah
22  Enoch's godliness and translation into Heaven
25  The family line of Methuselah to Noah and his sons

What do the individual words in Genesis 5:22 mean?

And walked Enoch with God after he begat - Methuselah three hundred years and he begat sons and daughters
וַיִּתְהַלֵּ֨ךְ חֲנ֜וֹךְ אֶת־ הָֽאֱלֹהִ֗ים אַֽחֲרֵי֙ הוֹלִיד֣וֹ אֶת־ מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת

וַיִּתְהַלֵּ֨ךְ  And  walked 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hitpael, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
חֲנ֜וֹךְ  Enoch 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֲנׄוךְ 
Sense: eldest son of Cain.
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֗ים  God 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
אַֽחֲרֵי֙  after 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אַחַר 
Sense: after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time).
הוֹלִיד֣וֹ  he  begat 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct, third person masculine singular
Root: יָלַד 
Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח  Methuselah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מְתוּשֶׁלַח  
Sense: son of Enoch, 6th in descent from Seth, and father of Lamech.
שְׁלֹ֥שׁ  three 
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct
Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ 
Sense: three, triad.
מֵא֖וֹת  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine plural
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
שָׁנָ֑ה  years 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
וַיּ֥וֹלֶד  and  he  begat 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָלַד 
Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
בָּנִ֖ים  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
וּבָנֽוֹת  and  daughters 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.