Why does Enoch just... Not die? 'Walked with God and was not' - one of two guys in the whole Torah (Elijah's the other, later) who skip the normal exit, and the text never elaborates, which is exactly why so much extra-biblical legend piled onto him.
Mystical & Allegoricalויתהלך חנוך AND ENOCH WALKED [WITH GOD] — He was a righteous man, but his mind was easily induced) to turn from his righteous ways and to become wicked. The Holy One, blessed be He, therefore took him away quickly and made him die before his full tim...
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