Can Enoch's hermeneutical approach be determined?

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This is related to Jack's hemeneutical approaches And follows Abel's hermeneutic

Enoch is the second on the list of faithful. Can we determine a plausible hermeneutic that explains Enoch's 'pleasing God' on the assumption that our hermeneutic guides our understanding which controls our behavior.

   Heb 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

From the scriptures that were available to him, what would lead him to 'walk with God'? What does that mean? And how would he know how to please God from the scriptures he had available, is there evidence of specifically how he pleased God?


This to tie to Abel:

So both Abel and Enoch, lived in accordance with a faith based in the knowledge of the history they had. However we may interpret their understanding of that history is not as important as the fact that they sought a closer relationship with God, believing it was possible from elements contained in the 'scripture' they had (oral or written).

We know we are reading the history of Abel and Enoch correctly having come to the same conclusion as the author of Hebrews:

   Heb 11:6 But without faith [it is] impossible to please [him]: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

And we are one step closer to reproducing the hermeneutic of the apostles.