Genesis 5:22 (WEB)
After Methuselah’s birth, Enoch walked with God for three hundred years, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
Fathers and councils · 4
Tertullian
“For Enoch, too, most righteous man, uncircumcised and inobservant of the Sabbath, He translated from this world; who did not first taste death, in order that, being a candidate for eternal life, he might by this time show us that we also may, without the burden of the law of Moses, please God.” — editor's note: See Gen. v. 22, 24; Heb. xi. 5.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VIII.21Conference VIII
“…begat Cainan, but Cainan begat Mahalaleel, but Mahalaleel begat Jared, Jared begat Enoch, Enoch begat Methuselah, Methuselah begat Lamech, Lamech begat Noah.”” — editor's note: Gen. v. 4–30.
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“Whence did Enoch learn how to “walk with God,” having never acquired any light of the law from another?” — editor's note: Gen. v. 22.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“I perceive also that the twenty-first, Abraham, was given the glory of the Patriarchate, by the addition of a greater mystery.” — editor's note: Gen. v. 22.
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