Hebrews 11:5 - Exposition

By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God ; literally, hath been witnessed of that he had been well-pleasing to God. The allusion is, of course, to the testimony in Genesis ( Genesis 5:24 ), the LXX . being closely followed, which has, εὐηρέστησεν ἐνὼχ τῷ θεῷ καὶ οὐχ ηὑρέσκετο διότι μετέθηκεν ἀυτον ὁ θεός , whereas the literal translation of our Hebrew text is, "Enoch walked with God; and he was not, because God took him."