the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Maleleel, the son of Kainan,

It was by faith that Enoch was taken to heaven, so that he never died (he was not overtaken by death, for God had taken him away). For before he was taken to heaven, his record was that he had satisfied God;

(It was in the Spirit that Enoch also went and preached to the imprisoned spirits

It was of these, too, that Enoch the seventh from Adam prophesied, when he said, Behold the Lord comes with myriads of his holy ones,