Of Enoch it is written that he lived sixty-five years, and begat a son. After that he walked with God three hundred years. During these earlier years Enoch had loved and feared God and had kept His commandments. He was one of the holy line, the preservers of the true faith, the progenitors of the promised seed. From the lips of Adam he had learned the dark story of the Fall, and the cheering one of God's grace as seen in the promise; and he relied upon the Redeemer to come. But after the birth of his first son, Enoch reached a higher experience; he was drawn into a closer relationship with God. He realized more fully his own obligations and responsibility as a son of God. And as he saw the child's love for its father, its simple trust in his protection; as he felt the deep, yearning tenderness of his own heart for that first-born son, he learned a precious lesson of the wonderful love of God to men in the gift of His Son, and the confidence which the children of God may repose in their heavenly Father. The infinite, unfathomable love of God through Christ became the subject of his meditations day and night; and with all the fervor of his soul he sought to reveal that love to the people among whom he dwelt. 85

Om Enok siges der, at han fik en søn, da han havde levet fem og tres år. Derefter vandrede han med Gud i tre hundrede år. I de første år havde Enok frygtet og elsket Gud og holdt hans bud. Han var en af den række hellige mænd, der bevarede den sande tro, - forløberne for den lovede sæd. Af Adam havde han hørt den dystre beretning om syndefaldet og den opmuntrende beretning om Guds nåde, som den kom til udtryk i løftet, og han stolede på Forløseren, som skulle komme. Men efter at den første søn var født, fik Enok en højere erfaring; han kom ind i et nærmere samfund med Gud. Han så tydeligere sine egne forpligtelser og sit ansvar som et Guds barn. Da han så barnets kærlighed til dets fader og dets ligefremme tillid til hans beskyttelse, og idet han følte den dybe, brændende ømhed i sit eget hjerte over for sin førstefødte søn, fik han en dyrebar forståelse af Guds vidunderlige kærlighed til menneskene, idet han gav sin Søn, og han forstod, hvilken tillid Guds børn kan nære til deres himmelske fader. Guds evige, uendelige kærlighed gennem Kristus blev emnet for hans overvejelser dag og nat, og med hele sin sjæls varme søgte han at åbenbare denne kærlighed for de mennesker, han levede iblandt.