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Methuselah

also called Mathusala · 3316 BC – 2347 BC · Genealogy of Jesus

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Birth of Methuselah · 3316 BC
Lifetime of Methuselah · 3316 BC
Birth of Lamech · 3129 BC
Death of Methuselah · 2347 BC

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

Man of the dart, the son of Enoch, and grandfather of Noah. He was the oldest man of whom we have any record, dying at the age of nine hundred and sixty-nine years, in the year of the Flood (Gen. 5:21-27; 1 Chr. 1:3).

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 7 verses

Genesis: 5:21, 5:22, 5:25, 5:26, 5:27
1 Chronicles: 1:3
Luke: 3:37

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.