Ancient Book of Enoch
Enoch was the seventh generation from Adam, the son of Jared, and was followed by his son Methuselah. He lived to be 365 years old, and then God took him without seeing death (Genesis 5:24). Enoch pleased God since he lived his life by faith (Hebrews 11:5-6). Enoch means “dedicated.” His son’s name, Methuselah, is made up of two Hebrew words, meth meaning “death” and selah meaning “to send.” The spelling suggests the name can be translated as a Hebrew sentence, meaning “when he is dead, it will be sent.” Since Methuselah died the same year as the flood (actually one week before the flood according to the Ancient Book of Jasher and the same day Noah entered the Ark – Genesis 7:1-4), it can be speculated that Enoch named his son with an eye to the coming disaster. Enoch addressed many of his statements in this book to Methuselah and prophesied about the flood (Enoch 91). If legends are to be believed, Enoch passed his book and other writings to Noah, who preserved them in the Ark.