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Methuselah מְתוּשֶׁ֫לַח
Methuselah, the son of Enoch, was the oldest person mentioned in the Bible, living 969 years.
Also called Mathusala.
Family
Where Methuselah appears
Genesis (5), 1 Chronicles (1), Luke (1)
Key verses
- Genesis 5:21 first mention — And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
- Genesis 5:22 — And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Genesis 5:25 — And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
- Genesis 5:26 — And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Genesis 5:27 — And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
- 1 Chronicles 1:3 — Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
- Luke 3:37 — Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.