And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. (Genesis 5:24 KJV)
Some say this contradicts passages like Hebrews 9:27, or Romans 5:12 which say all people die. But Hebrews 9:27 and Romans 5:12 talk about all men dying in the sense that all will meet their end from life, not necessarily a death in the same way most other living people experience. The implication from Genesis 5:24, and the end of Elijah is the same: their lives came to an end, albeit supernaturally. This is shown by the fact that although Elijah didn’t die, he is still translated just like Moses, who did die, on the mount of Transfiguration when met by Jesus (Mark 9). More likely is the fact that Enoch did die, but Hebrews 11:5 is being metaphorical by saying he didn’t to emphasize his different end, seeing how only a few verses down (11:13), it says that the preceeding list of Old Testament righteous people died.
