Church Fathers such as Justin Martyr, Athenagoras of Athens, Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandria, Origen, Tertullian, and Lactantius all speak highly of Enoch and contain many allusions to the Book of Enoch as well as in some instances advocating explicitly for the use of the Book of Enoch as Scripture. One view regarding Enoch that was found in the Targum Pseudo-Jonathan, which thought of Enoch as a pious man, taken to Heaven, and receiving the title of Safra rabba (Great scribe). This Enoch is not to be confused with Cain's son Enoch (Genesis 4:17).

After the birth of Enoch, the Hebrew text of Genesis 4:17 is unclear. Enoch (/ˈiːnək/ (listen), EE-nuhk)[a] is a biblical figure prior to Noah's flood and the son of Jared and father of Methuselah. The first is a brief mention in one of the genealogies of the ancestors of Jesus by Luke (Luke 3:37). Much esoteric literature like the 3 Enoch identifies Enoch as the Metatron, the angel which communicates God's word. Before he was taken up to heaven, he gave the skin garments to his son, Methuselah, who in turn gave them to Methuselah's grandson, Noah, so that they would be kept safe from the flood. and J., "The Comprehensive New Testament with complete textual variant mapping and references for the Dead Sea Scrolls, Philo, Josephus, Nag Hammadi Library, Pseudepigrapha, Apocrypha, Plato, Egyptian Book of the Dead, Talmud, Old Testament, Patristic Writings, Dhammapada, Tacitus, Epic of Gilgamesh", Cornerstone Publications, 2008, p. 711, "The initial oracle in chapters 1–5 is a paraphrase of part of Deuteronomy 33,24" George W. E. Nickelsburg, The nature and function of revelation 1 Enoch, Jubilees and some Qumranic documents, 1997. Another common element that some Church Fathers, like John of Damascus, spoke of, was that they considered Enoch to be one of the two witnesses mentioned in the Book of Revelation. In early Christianity, use of the Book of Enoch as a divinely inspired text was widespread, since the canon had not yet been established definitively in the Church. [8], The third-century BC translators who produced the Septuagint in Koine Greek rendered the phrase "God took him" with the Greek verb metatithemi (μετατίθημι)[9] meaning moving from one place to another. He appeared once a week, then once a month, then once a year, teaching his subjects about the ways of God.


The second Enoch in the Book of Jasher was a descendant of the first, and descended from Seth as well as from Cain. This Enoch is not to be confused with Enoch, son of Jared, to whom the authorship of the Book of Enoch is ascribed.

The text reads that Enoch "walked with God: and he was no more; for God took him" (Gen 5:21–24), which is interpreted as Enoch's entering Heaven alive in some Jewish and Christian traditions.

The introductory phrase "Enoch, the Seventh from Adam" is also found in 1 Enoch (1 En. The second mention is in Hebrews 11: 5 (KJV) which says, "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." Furthermore, Genesis 5:22–24 states that Enoch lived 365 years, which is shorter than his peers, who are all recorded as dying at over 700 years of age.
The brief account of Enoch in Genesis 5 ends with the cryptic note that "he was not; for God took him".[5]. Lars Hartman, Asking for a Meaning: A Study of 1 Enoch 1–5 ConBib NT Series 12 Lund Gleerup, 1979 22–26. The second Enoch in the Book of Jasher was a descendant of the first, and descended from Seth as well as from Cain.

The New Testament contains three references to Enoch. In the Sefer Hekalot, Rabbi Ishmael is described as having visited the Seventh Heaven, where he met Enoch, who claims that earth had, in his time, been corrupted by the demons Shammazai, and Azazel, and so Enoch was taken to Heaven to prove that God was not cruel. The Book of Moses is itself an excerpt from Joseph Smith's translation of the Bible, which is published in full, complete with these chapters concerning Enoch, by Community of Christ, in the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible, where it appears as part of the Book of Genesis. (Jasher 7:25)[5], The Lord had punished Cain by condemning him to wander the earth, but when the curse of the Lord was lifted, Cain was allowed to build a city, which he also called Enoch, after his son. Enoch, son of Cain, , after whom Cain named the first city he founded, is not the same as Enoch, son of Jared (Genesis 5:18).. (Jasher 2:37)[2] This Enoch was the father of Methuselah, and was reputed to be so wise that a hundred and thirty kings and princes "required of Enoch that he reign over them, to which he consented. The Book of Giants is a Jewish pseudepigraphal work from the third century BC and resembles the Book of Enoch. [4] Among the minor Midrashim, esoteric attributes of Enoch are expanded upon. Under his wisdom, peace is said to have reigned on earth, to the extent that he is summoned to Heaven to rule over the sons of God.