In the 5th chapter of Genesis of the RSV, the author tells something
about a man and then usually adds, "and he died". At the end of the
accounts of Adam, Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Methuselah and
Lemech are the statements that tell of their deaths.  The only
exception is the account of Enoch, where in the place of, "and he died"
the author writes, "and he was not, for God took him".  To me, this
indicates that the author was suggesting that Enoch did not die.

Now, if the idea that Enoch did not die, is not harmonious with ones
theology, that person can just ignore it.  No big deal. If one does not
like a story, skip it.  To try to make a story come out different from
how it is written however, is pointlessness.

Genesis 5:24  Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.

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