Event

Enoch Taken by God

Enoch, seventh from Adam, "walked with God: and he was not; for God took him" without seeing death, aged 365.

Sort year3017 BC
Tier 4 · Ussher, Annals of the World

Tier 4: Ussher, Annals: 987 AM, 1697 JP, 3017 BC (no higher-tier year available).

Description

Genesis 5:21–24; Hebrews 11:5; Jude 14.

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Chronologies

Dates for Enoch Taken by God, CFAH first
ChronologyDate as statedYear (BC / AM)Citation & note
CFAH Not yet established — —
pending CFAH reference
Ussher-Jones Not yet established — —
Not stated in the Jones sources read (Chart No. 1; Chronology of the Old Testament 15th ed. 2002, Chronological Compendium p. 1). Leave empty until verified.
Ussher 987 AM, 1697 JP, 3017 BC
Precision: year
3017 BC
AM 987
Ussher, Annals of the World, First Age, §22 (opens in a new tab)
Sets sort year
Jordan secondary "987 - Enoch translated"
Precision: year
AM 987 Jordan, "The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 2)," Biblical Chronology 6:4 (April 1994), §4 "The Chronology of Genesis 4 & 5" (year list) (opens in a new tab)
Jordan (compilation) secondary 987 AM Enoch “taken” @ 365 yrs old
Precision: year
AM 987 Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (unnamed compiler; a compilation of James B. Jordan's system), p. 1, chart "A.M. Chronology (Anno Mundi “Year of the World”) Genesis 5, 11:10" (opens in a new tab)
Agrees with Jordan's own published AM 987.
Biblical statements (direct Scripture data) When Enoch was 365 years old
Precision: unknown
— Gen 5:23–24; Heb 11:5 (opens in a new tab)
MT-Gen AM 987
Precision: year
AM 987 Enoch born AM 622 (Gen 5:3–18 cumulative) + 365 (Gen 5:23) (opens in a new tab)

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