He was 969 years old. (Genesis 5:27)
Methuselah, 969 years old
The oldest real humans are under 120 years of age. The biblical Methuselah is a fable at 969.
In biblical tradition, Methuselah's wife is not named.
According to the Book of Genesis, Methuselah lived 969 years.
Matusalén, or Methuselah, is a biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis. According to the Bible, he lived to be 969 years old, making him the longest-lived human figure recorded in the scriptures. He died in the year of the Flood, as stated in the genealogies of Genesis.
According to the Bible (Genesis 5), Methuselah was 969 years old when he died. That's almost a millennium! This is the oldest person recorded in the Bible.
Biblically speaking, Methuselah was the oldest person ever. He died at the age of 969 years.
Methuselah
Methuselah was 969 years of age when he died he is the oldest recorded person in the Bible
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Enoch, whom God took directly to heaven.Enoch was the father of Methuselah. In the Old Testament of the Bible, it says that Methuselah purportedly lived for 969 years. Lamech was Methuselah's son.
Methuselah was a descendant of http://www.answers.com/topic/adam who lived to be 969 years old, according to the Bible. Methuselah is not a major figure in the Bible; he is mentioned only in passing in Genesis, 1 Chronicles 1:3, and Luke 3:37. According to the King James version of Genesis 5:25-27, "And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech. And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died." Lamech was the father of Noah, making Metheselah Noah's grandfather. Biblical scholars say Methuselah died in the year of the Great Flood, though the Bible gives no indication whether the old man was a victim of the flood itself. Luke 3:37 traces the lineage of http://www.answers.com/topic/jesus-christ back through Noah and Methuselah to Adam. The name of Methuselah is now a synonym for any old or long-lasting person.