In his book, Heavens of the Hebrews (amazon.co.uk/Heavens-He…), Alexander d’Albini points out something significant about Adam's genealogy in Genesis 5. The patriarchs' ages seem to be related to the synodic orbits (i.e the time a planet takes to go back to the same place on the horizon) of different planets in our solar system.

For example, Venus' synodic orbit is 584 days and Saturn's is 378 days. Add these together and you get 962: "Thus all the days of Jared were 962 years, and he died" (Gen 5:20).

Or take Jupiter's 399 day synodic orbit and add that to Saturn's 378 day orbit to get 777: "Thus all the days of Lamech were 777 years, and he died" (Gen 5:31).

Though it's not exact, you can do the same thing with Mercury's 116 day orbit and Mars' 780 day orbit to get 896: "Thus all the days of Mahalalel were 895 years, and he died" (Gen 5:17).

In fact, when the synodic orbits for the planets Mercury (116), Venus (584), Mars (780), Jupiter (399) and Saturn (378) are added together, you get a total of 2257 days. This equates to the combined lifespans of Adam (930), Jared (962) and Enoch (365).

Speaking of Enoch, he's perhaps the easiest to fit into this pattern: "Thus all the days of Enoch were 365 years. Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him" (Gen 5:23-24). Obviously, 365 is the (rounded) number days it takes for the sun to (from our frame of reference) complete its orbit around the earth.

Though I'm not entirely sure how, I believe this can support my (and several doctors of the Church's) theory that Enoch was taken into outer-space, not "heaven" as we understand it today.