# Is “Enoch” in the Bible? > Yes. “Enoch” is in the Bible. It appears 13 times in the Lumin Translation and 12 times in the King James Bible. Source: https://www.lumin.faith/is-it-in-the-bible/enoch By Andrew Kittridge · November 11, 2026 Enoch is in the Bible. Genesis 5:24 says “Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God took him.” The Book of Enoch is not in the Bible of most churches, though Jude 14-15 quotes a line found in it. - Lumin Translation: 13, first in Genesis 4:17 - King James Version: 12, first in Genesis 4:17 ## Where it appears 12 verses in 5 books (Old Testament 10, New Testament 3). > Cain was intimate with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. He was building a city, and he named the city after his son Enoch. > > — [Genesis 4:17](https://www.lumin.faith/read/genesis/4#17) (Lumin Translation) > To Enoch was born Irad. Irad fathered Mehujael, Mehujael fathered Methushael, and Methushael fathered Lamech. > > — [Genesis 4:18](https://www.lumin.faith/read/genesis/4#18) (Lumin Translation) > When Jared had lived 162 years, he fathered Enoch. > > — [Genesis 5:18](https://www.lumin.faith/read/genesis/5#18) (Lumin Translation) > After Jared fathered Enoch, he lived eight hundred years, and he fathered sons and daughters. > > — [Genesis 5:19](https://www.lumin.faith/read/genesis/5#19) (Lumin Translation) > When Enoch had lived sixty-five years, he fathered Methuselah. > > — [Genesis 5:21](https://www.lumin.faith/read/genesis/5#21) (Lumin Translation) ## Common questions ### Is “Enoch” in the Bible? Yes. “Enoch” is in the Bible. It appears 13 times in the Lumin Translation and 12 times in the King James Bible. Enoch is in the Bible. Genesis 5:24 says “Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God took him.” The Book of Enoch is not in the Bible of most churches, though Jude 14-15 quotes a line found in it. ### How many times is “Enoch” in the Bible? Enoch appears 13 times in the Lumin Translation and 12 times in the King James Bible. Counts are of exact word forms. ### Where is “Enoch” first mentioned in the Bible? In the Lumin Translation, enoch first appears in Genesis 4:17: “Cain was intimate with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. He was building a city, and he named the city after his son Enoch.” ### Is the Book of Enoch in the Bible? Not in Protestant, Catholic or most Orthodox Bibles. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church counts it as Scripture. It was written in the last centuries before Christ, long after Genesis. Jude 14-15 quotes a line from it, much as Paul quotes Greek poets in Acts 17:28, without making the whole book Scripture. ### Who was Enoch in the Bible? Two men have the name. One is Cain’s son (Genesis 4:17). The better known is the father of Methuselah, who “walked with God” and was taken by God without dying (Genesis 5:24, Hebrews 11:5). ### Is it a sin to read the Book of Enoch? The Bible does not forbid reading old books outside it. Christians who read Enoch read it as an ancient Jewish writing that the first Christians knew, not as Scripture, and test what it says against the Bible (1 Thessalonians 5:21). ## More - [Is “Hallelujah” in the Bible?](https://www.lumin.faith/is-it-in-the-bible/hallelujah.md) - [Is “Joy” in the Bible?](https://www.lumin.faith/is-it-in-the-bible/joy.md) - [Is “Missionary” in the Bible?](https://www.lumin.faith/is-it-in-the-bible/missionary.md) - [Is “Purgatory” in the Bible?](https://www.lumin.faith/is-it-in-the-bible/purgatory.md) - [Is “Sabbath” in the Bible?](https://www.lumin.faith/is-it-in-the-bible/sabbath.md) - [Is “Teenager” in the Bible?](https://www.lumin.faith/is-it-in-the-bible/teenager.md) - [Is “Unicorn” in the Bible?](https://www.lumin.faith/is-it-in-the-bible/unicorn.md) - [Is “Cleanliness is next to godliness” in the Bible?](https://www.lumin.faith/is-it-in-the-bible/cleanliness-is-next-to-godliness.md) - [Check any word or a whole song](https://www.lumin.faith/bible-verse-checker)