Tanach
Bereshit 5:21-24 בראשית ה׳:כ״א-כ״ד
Part of: BereshitBereshit, Aliyah 6Chapter 5
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וַיְחִי חֲנוֹךְ חָמֵשׁ וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־מְתוּשָֽׁלַח׃
Chanoch lived sixty-five years and he had a son, Mesushelach.
Chanoch lived sixty-five years and he had a son, Mesushelach.
וַיִּתְהַלֵּךְ חֲנוֹךְ אֶת־הָֽאֱלֹהִים אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־מְתוּשֶׁלַח שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת׃
Chanoch walked with Elohim, after he had Mesushelach, [for] three hundred years, and he had sons and daughters.
Chanoch walked with Elohim, after he had Mesushelach, [for] three hundred years, and he had sons and daughters.
וַיְהִי כׇּל־יְמֵי חֲנוֹךְ חָמֵשׁ וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וּשְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָֽה׃
All the days of Chanoch were three hundred and sixty-five years.
All the days of Chanoch were three hundred and sixty-five years.
וַיִּתְהַלֵּךְ חֲנוֹךְ אֶת־הָֽאֱלֹהִים וְאֵינֶנּוּ כִּֽי־לָקַח אֹתוֹ אֱלֹהִֽים׃ {ס}
Chanoch walked with Elohim, and he was no longer [there] for Elohim took him.
Chanoch walked with Elohim, and he was no longer [there] for Elohim took him.
Rashi
כי לקח אותו. לִפְנֵי זְמַנּוֹ, כְּמוֹ הִנְנִי לֹקֵחַ מִמְּךָ אֶת מַחְמַד עֵינֶיךָ (יחזקאל כ"ד):
ויתהלך חנוך. צַדִּיק הָיָה וְקַל בְּדַעְתּוֹ לָשׁוּב לְהַרְשִׁיעַ, לְפִיכָךְ מִהֵר הַקָּבָּ"ה וְסִלְּקוֹ וֶהֱמִיתוֹ קֹדֶם זְמַנּוֹ, וְזֶהוּ שֶׁשִּׁנָּה הַכָּתוּב בְּמִיתָתוֹ לִכְתֹּב וְאֵינֶנּוּ בָּעוֹלָם – לְמַלְּאוֹת שְׁנוֹתָיו (בראשית רבה):