In the Book of Genesis, Enoch is a named shared by two individuals.
The first was the son of Cain. Cain later founded a city which he named Enoch.
The second was the father of Methuselah and the grandfather of Noah. Genesis 5:24 tels us, "Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him away". According to the HebrewBook of Enoch[?], God took Enoch and transformed him into the angelMetatron. In the new testament Jude[?] quotes Enoch as prophesying a day of judgement.
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