Bible Strands
Methuselah
the name means man of a dart Strong's Lexicon
Methuselah, the son of Enoch, was the oldest person mentioned in the Bible, living 969 years.
From 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).
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
Family
Parents
Enoch
Children
Lamech
From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.
First named at Genesis 5:21.
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Verses that name Methuselah
- Genesis 5:21 When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.
- Genesis 5:22 And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:25 When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.
- Genesis 5:26 And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:27 So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
- 1 Chronicles 1:3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah.
- Luke 3:37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan,