hebrew for today

וַיִּתְהַלֵּ֙ךְ חֲנ֜וֹךְ אֶת־הָֽאֱלֹהִ֗ים  (Gen 5:22a WTT)

NET notes: In Gen 5:22 the phrase suggests that Enoch and God "got along." This may imply that Enoch lived in close fellowship with God, leading a life of devotion and piety. An early Jewish tradition, preserved in 1 En. 1:9 and alluded to in Jude 14, says that Enoch preached about the coming judgment. See F. S. Parnham, "Walking with God," EvQ 46 (1974): 117-18.

וַיּ֥וֹלֶד בָּנִ֖ים וּבָנֽוֹת  (Gen 5:22b WTT)

the waw-consec imperfect in 22b (//22a) suggests a continual action, part of the development or progression of the plot (foreground events).

Conclusion: walking with God and be-getting children are two comparable events; neither one is more in the background nor one is more in the foreground. Why do we often dichotomize the two?


other info:

JOÜON-MURAOKA, A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew, §155c

To start with, Hebrew has only one lexeme w to express et. In order to render the various distinctions only two methods can be used: either a modification of Waw or of the verbal form. Now these two methods are applied only in part. Simple et is always expressed by a weak w (i.e. without the necessity of doubling)(³); but energic w is not always expressed by a strong w (i.e. which requires doubling). Moreover strong w is in fact only found in the case of the form of succession wayyiqtol "and he killed." In the same form, when the phonetic laws allow it, vocalisation and stress are equally discriminating. In w-qatal the difference in value of et can sometimes be expressed by the position of the stress, e.g. w-qatálti(⁴) "and I killed" (et of pure juxtaposition) as against w-qataltí "and then I shall kill" (form of succession). In all the other cases, namely in the cohortative, jussive, and imperative the difference between the et of juxtaposition and the et of purpose-consecution does not appear in the form. The only way to see whether the w in that case is juxtaposing or final-consecutive is to use the context, syntax and also a comparison with Arabic(⁵).