0 Was Enoch the sixth or the seventh from Adam?

Was Enoch the sixth or the seventh from Adam?


He was the sixth from Adam.

And Adam ... begat ... Seth....
And Seth ... begat Enos....
And Enos ... begat Cainan....
And Cainan .... begat Mahalaleel....
And Mahalaleel ... begat Jared....
And Jared .... begat Enoch. Genesis 5:3-18

Adam,
Sheth,
Enosh,
Kenan,
Mahalaleel,
Jered,
Henoch.... 1 Chronicles 1:1-2

Enoch, which was the son of Jared,
which was the son of Maleleel,
which was the son of Cainan,
Which was the son of Enos,
which was the son of Seth,
which was the son of Adam.... Luke 3:37-38

He was the seventh from Adam.

And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam.... Jude 14

(The author of Jude was quoting from the Book of Enoch, not the Bible.)

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