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Genesis 5:22

And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

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וַיִּתְהַלֵּ֨ךְvayithalekheand walkהָלַךְconjunction, verb, hithpael, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and walk”, the next action in the storyH1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)(all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] gre…חֲנ֜וֹךְchanokheEnochחֲנוֹךְnoun, proper name — “Enoch”H2585Chanok, an antediluvian patriachEnoch.אֶתetamongאֵתpreposition — “among”H854properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.הָֽאֱלֹהִ֗יםhaelohimthe Godאֱלֹהִיםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the God”, the ordinary formH430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.אַֽחֲרֵי֙achareafterאַחַרpreposition — “after”H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, [phrase] out (over) live, [phrase] persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, the…הוֹלִיד֣וֹholidvobearיָלַדverb, hiphil, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bear”, the to-form of the verbH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַחmetushelachMethuselahמְתוּשֶׁלַחnoun, proper name — “Methuselah”H4968Methushelach, an antediluvian patriarchMethuselah.שְׁלֹ֥שׁsheloshthirdשָׁלוֹשׁadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “third”, the ordinary formH7969three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice[phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare H7991 (שָׁלִישׁ).מֵא֖וֹתmeothundred , -thמֵאָהadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “hundred , -th”, the ordinary formH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.שָׁנָ֑הshanahyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).וַיּ֥וֹלֶדvayoledand bearיָלַדconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and bear”, the next action in the storyH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…בָּנִ֖יםbanimsonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “son”, the ordinary formH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […וּבָנֽוֹתuvanotand daughterבַּתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “and daughter”, the ordinary formH1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Enoch walked with God after he begot Methuselah three hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

Young’s Literal Translation

And Enoch walketh habitually with God after his begetting Methuselah three hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

World English Bible

After Methuselah’s birth, Enoch walked with God for three hundred years, and became the father of more sons and daughters.

Darby Translation

And Enoch walked with God after he had begotten Methushelah three hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

Douay-Rheims

And Henoch walked with God: and lived after he begot Mathusala, three hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Enoch walked with God after he begot Methuselah three hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Enoch was well-pleasing to God after his begetting Mathusala, two hundred years, and he begot sons and daughters.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εὐηρέστησε δὲ Ἐνὼχ τῷ Θεῷ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Μαθουσάλα, διακόσια ἔτη· καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας.