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Methuselah

Hebrew origin

Methuselah is a long-lived descendant in Adam's line and father of Lamech in Genesis 5.

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First mention
Genesis 5:21

Family

Parents

Enoch

Enoch is a name in both Cain's line and Seth's line; Genesis 5 highlights Enoch …

Scripture references

  • Genesis 5:21

    When Enoch was sixty-five years old he fathered Methuselah.

  • Genesis 5:25

    When Methuselah was a hundred and eighty-seven years old he fathered Lamech.

  • Genesis 5:27

    In all, Methuselah lived for nine hundred and sixty-nine years; then he died.