Methuselah
also MathusalaMaleb. 3317 BCd. 2348 BC
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).
Relationships
Parents Enoch (father of Methuselah)
Children Lamech (father of Noah)
Member of Genealogy of Jesus
Appears in Genesis
Key verses
Genesis 5:22
After Methuselah’s birth, Enoch walked with God for three hundred years, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
Luke 3:37
the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,
1 Chronicles 1:3
Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
Genesis 5:27
All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, then he died.
Genesis 5:21
Enoch lived sixty-five years, then became the father of Methuselah.
Genesis 5:26
Methuselah lived after he became the father of Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.