How old was Adam when Enoch was born?

Enoch was born in the seventh generation from Adam. People lived long in those days, and Adam was still alive. When Enoch was twenty-five, it was Adam who ordained him to the priesthood, and when he was sixty-five, Adam “blessed him.” As he grew, Enoch was taught “in all the ways of God” by his father, Jared.
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How many years were there between Adam and Enoch?

The brief account of Enoch in Genesis 5 ends with the cryptic note that "he was not; for God took him". This happens 57 years after Adam's death and 69 years before Noah's birth.
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How old was Adam when he had his first child?

Genesis. According to the Book of Genesis, Seth was born when Adam was 130 years old (according to the Masoretic Text), or 230 years old (according to the Septuagint), "a son in his likeness and image". The genealogy is repeated at 1 Chronicles 1:1–3.
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Is Enoch Noah's grandfather?

Noah's lineage consists of a long line of notable patriarchs, 10 generations back to Adam. His father was Lamech, his grandfather was Methuselah, and his great-grandfather was Enoch. The patriarchal line continues through Jared, Mahalaleel, Cainan, Enos, Seth, and finally to Adam. (See Genesis 5 and D&C 107:42-52.)
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How is Enoch related to Adam?

Enoch was born in the seventh generation from Adam. People lived long in those days, and Adam was still alive. When Enoch was twenty-five, it was Adam who ordained him to the priesthood, and when he was sixty-five, Adam “blessed him.” As he grew, Enoch was taught “in all the ways of God” by his father, Jared.
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Biblical Family Tree from Adam to David



Why is the book of Enoch forbidden?

The Book of Enoch was considered as scripture in the Epistle of Barnabas (4:3) and by many of the early Church Fathers, such as Athenagoras, Clement of Alexandria, Irenaeus and Tertullian, who wrote c. 200 that the Book of Enoch had been rejected by the Jews because it contained prophecies pertaining to Christ.
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Did Adam and Eve speak a language?

The Adamic language, according to Jewish tradition (as recorded in the midrashim) and some Christians, is the language spoken by Adam (and possibly Eve) in the Garden of Eden.
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How old is the oldest man in the Bible?

He had the longest lifespan of all those given in the Bible, dying at 969 years old. According to the Book of Genesis, Methuselah was the son of Enoch, the father of Lamech, and the grandfather of Noah. Elsewhere in the Bible, Methuselah is mentioned in genealogies in 1 Chronicles and the Gospel of Luke.
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How many wives does Adam have?

For Adam was the one husband of Eve, and Eve his one wife, one woman, one rib." The 3rd century Eusebius of Caesarea wrote the lost work "On the Numerous Progeny of the Ancients".
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How many years is a generation?

It can also be described as, "the average period, generally considered to be about 20–⁠30 years, during which children are born and grow up, become adults, and begin to have children." In kinship terminology, it is a structural term designating the parent-child relationship.
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How is Noah related to Adam?

Noah appears in Genesis 5:29 as the son of Lamech and ninth in descent from Adam. In the story of the Deluge (Genesis 6:11–9:19), he is represented as the patriarch who, because of his blameless piety, was chosen by God to perpetuate the human race after his wicked contemporaries had perished in the Flood.
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How many years was it from Adam to Jesus?

So 69 weeks amount to 483 years; for, from the said year of Darius, unto the 42nd year of Augustus, in which year our Saviour Christ was born, are just and complete so many years, whereupon we reckon, that from Adam unto Christ, are 3974 years, six months, and ten days; and from the birth of Christ, unto this present ...
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How many years is 14 generations in the Bible?

Reasons for the summary

The numbers may be linked to Daniel 9:24–27, which states that seventy weeks of years, or 490 years, would pass between the restoration of Jerusalem and the coming of the messiah. Since generations were commonly placed at 35 years, this means exactly 14 generations.
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How many years did Enoch live?

Altogether, Enoch lived 365 years. Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.
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Who is the first person came in the world?

Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, adam is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as "mankind".
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Who is the oldest person in the world in history?

The oldest person ever whose age has been independently verified is Jeanne Calment (1875–1997) of France, who lived to the age of 122 years and 164 days.
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How long is an age in the Bible?

The idea that each age lasts 1000 years is based on II Peter 3:8: "But of this one thing be not ignorant, my beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." The interpretation was taken to mean that mankind would live through six 1,000 year periods (or "days"), with the ...
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What language did the devil speak?

The devil mostly speaks a language of his own called Bellsybabble which he makes up himself as he goes along but when he is very angry he can speak quite bad French very well though some who have heard him say that he has a strong Dublin accent. The name "Bellsybabble" is a pun on Beelzebub, "babble" and Babel.
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What was the height of Adam?

A Hadith from Sahih al-Bukhari narrated by Abu Hurairah states that Adam was created 60 cubits tall (about 30 meters), and that people in Paradise will look like Adam. The height of humans has since decreased. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah created Adam in His picture, sixty cubits (about 30 meters) in height.
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Who really wrote the Book of Enoch?

The 3rd Book of Enoch, the Hebrew Enoch, or 3 Enoch, is a Rabbinic text originally written in Hebrew usually dated to the fifth century CE. Some experts believe it was written by Rabbi Ishmael (second century CE), familiar with both 1 Enoch and 2 Enoch.
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How many heavens are there in the Book of Enoch?

The Second Book of Enoch, also written in the first century CE, describes the mystical ascent of the patriarch Enoch through a hierarchy of Ten Heavens. Enoch passes through the Garden of Eden in the Third Heaven on his way to meet the Lord face-to-face in the Tenth (chapter 22).
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