Hebrews 11:5 to Genesis 5:24

NT Text: Hebrews 11:5

OT Source(s):

• Genesis 5:24 ("Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him")

Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Reference Type: Allusion

Connection Method(s): Analogy

Significance: Faith leads to being taken/translated without experiencing death. Pleased God through faith. Genesis' "walked with God" is interpreted as faith—intimate relationship with God grounded in trust. Enoch's translation prefigures the believer's hope of transformation at Christ's return, bypassing death.