Gen 5:1 This is the written account of Adam’s family line.
I’m pretty sure Gen 5 is where my resolve to read through the Bible usually breaks down. I’m not a genealogy buff. All the begetting gets terribly confusing pretty quickly. At first glance, my most solid takeaway is that this chapter is where the expression “Old as Methuselah” comes from. He lived a total of 969 years, according to Gen 5.
Gen 5:5 …and then he died.
“…and then he died” is repeated eight times in this chapter, so often that it is easy to overlook the significance, but Gen 5:24 stands out sharply in contrast because of the that repetition. Enoch, who walked faithfully with God, did not die. “God took him away.” What a lovely thought, walking faithfully with God. It puts me in mind of the Ram Dass quote I like so much: “We are all just walking each other home.” God’s walking with us, too. Are we being faithful in our walk?
Gen 5:24 Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more because God took him away.
Lord, Thank You for this day, this scripture, this new look at verses I’ve read since youth. Thank You for faithfully walking us home, Lord, for loving us so much that You anticipate our time together. Help me to value and prioritize my time with You. Always. Draw me closer. Amen.
Gen 5:27 Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
Have a blessed day.
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