- 1And it came to pass after this that his name during his lifetime was raised aloft to that Son of Man and to the Lord of Spirits from amongst those who dwell on the earth.
- 2And he was raised aloft on the chariots of the spirit and his name vanished among them.
- 3And from that day I was no longer numbered amongst them; and he set me between the two winds, between the north and the west, where the angels took the cords to measure for me the place for the elect and righteous.
- 4And there I saw the first fathers and the righteous who from the beginning dwell in that place.
ANCIENT JEWISH LITERATURE · R. H. CHARLES
1 ENOCH 70
Read the chapter and trace carefully labeled connections throughout the Bible.
CHAPTER VISUAL
Enoch 70 — Enoch is raised from among earth’s inhabitants and carried by wind-chariots to the heavenly place of the chosen.
About this illustration
The wind-chariots are rendered as ancient wheels, cloud, and luminous currents rather than mechanical vehicles; chapter 71’s crystal house remains distant.
Passage basis: 1 Enoch 70:1–4Ancient Jewish literatureIncluded for historical and biblical study; not part of the Protestant biblical canon.
R. H. Charles translation (1912) · Reprinted 1917 · Public domain in the United States · Editorial brackets and uncertainty markers preserved · Source edition
Bible Connections
These links distinguish direct quotation, explicit retelling, strong literary parallel, and broader shared tradition. A parallel does not by itself prove direct dependence.
Genesis says that God “took” Enoch; 1 Enoch expands this brief notice into Enoch’s removal from ordinary human life and heavenly translation.
Enoch is removed from ordinary human life and translated into the heavenly realm rather than experiencing an ordinary death.