GENESIS 5
18 When Jared had lived 162 years, he fathered Enoch. 19 Jared lived after he fathered Enoch 800 years and had other sons and daughters. 20 Thus all the days of Jared were 962 years, and he died. 21 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methuselah. 22 Enoch walked with Godafter he fathered Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters. 23 Thus all the days of Enoch were 365 years. 24 Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.25 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech. 26 Methuselah lived after he fathered Lamech 782 years and had other sons and daughters. 27 Thus all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died.
28 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son 29 and called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground that the Lord has cursed, this one shall bring us relieffrom our work and from the painful toil of our hands.” 30 Lamech lived after he fathered Noah 595 years and had other sons and daughters. 31 Thus all the days of Lamech were 777 years, and he died. 32 After Noah was 500 years old, Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth. – Genesis 5:18-32
GENESIS 5 FROM ENOCH TO NOAH
A poem inspired by these verses by ILMA
As the earth was being filled by the Lord with humans
The world continues to bear the curse God placed on man
Until the Lord broke the pattern with Enoch whom he chose
Enoch began to walk with God and as God took him out of the world
It was from Enoch’s son Lamech that the Lord will bring about salvation
Noah was Enoch’s great grandson who will begin the new world God wanted.
This chapter is the genealogy of Adam to Noah. Even though we see names and number of years of these descendants of Adam, what is more important to focus on is the way God broke the patterns of long lives and dying. He took and snatched Enoch out from the world without him dying. Enoch is the seventh descendant from Adam. God’s perfect number is seven. Enoch walked closely with God amidst all the ungodly people around him and according to the book of Jude 14-16 he prophesied of the coming ten thousand of God’s holy people. He preached the judgment coming on the wicked.
REFLECTION
- Why is it important for us to see how God’s hand was still in the midst of evil?
