The Descendants of Cain

Cain and his wife had a son and named him Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son.

Enoch had a son named Irad, who was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael had a son named Methushael, who was the father of Lamech.

When Jared was 162, he had a son, Enoch,

When Enoch was 65, he had a son, Methuselah.

After that, Enoch lived in fellowship with God for 300 years and had other children.

Jared was the father of Enoch, who was the father of Methuselah; Methuselah was the father of Lamech,

The Example of Enoch

Once there was a man named Enoch who pleased God, and God loved him. While Enoch was still living among sinners, God took him away,

This man Enoch achieved in a few years' time a perfection that other people could never attain in a complete lifetime.

The Lord was pleased with Enoch's life and quickly took him out of this wicked world. People were aware of his departure but didn't understand. They never seemed to learn the lesson

Enoch

Enoch pleased the Lord and was taken up into heaven. He became an inspiration for repentance for all time to come.

The Patriarchs

No one else like Enoch has ever walked the face of the earth, for he was taken up from the earth.

the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Kenan,

It was faith that kept Enoch from dying. Instead, he was taken up to God, and nobody could find him, because God had taken him up. The scripture says that before Enoch was taken up, he had pleased God.

It was Enoch, the seventh direct descendant from Adam, who long ago prophesied this about them: “The Lord will come with many thousands of his holy angels