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The length of an Earth year is determined solely by the length of the Earth's orbit around the sun, which in turn is determined from our distance from the sun. Even over a timespan of millions of years, scientists have found no evidence for a significant change in the length of one year, nor for a significant change in the distance between the Earth and the sun.
According to The Bible, Methuselah lived to the age of 969 years. That is implausible, but we could for example imagine that one year was once only one tenth of the years that we know. For the Earth's orbit to be so shortened as to make one year equivalent to one-tenth of the years that we know, the Earth would have been so close to the sun that water would have vapourised and even lead would have melted. This did not happen.
We can be sure that if Methuselah really lived to such an improbable age, they were nine hundred and sixty nine full years.
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∙ 9y agoAccording to the Bible, Methuselah lived to the astonishing age of 969 years and then died the same year as Noah's Flood. Since there is no evidence outside the Bible for when the Flood occurred, we can not say whether the biblical account means that Methuselah lived eight or nine complete centuries.
It is interesting that the oldest living person in the Bible had the two most significant events in his life based on the number 17, as this number features prominently throughout the generations in the Book of Genesis:
- Methuselah had his first son at the age of 187, which is 11 X 17
- He died a the age of 969, which is 57 X 17.
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∙ 13y agomethuselah was born 687 years after Adam's birth and creation and lived to be 969 years total. he died bout 700 years before the Flood of Noah.
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Which Bible character lived the longest?
the person lived long in bible is METHUSELAH . the grandfather of Noah. he lived 969 years.
Do people live past 120 years according to the Bible?
I believe they do. Methuselah was 969 years old when he died. (Genesis 5:27)
Who lived in bible times 900 plus years?
Methuselah
How old was Methuselah at death?
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.
How old was Methuselah when he died?
Methuselah was said to have lived to be 969 years old when he died.
Was Methuselah created by Zeus?
No, Methuselah is a character from the Bible.
Who is Jared in The Bible?
Jared is the father of Enoch who was taken up to heaven by God, without dieing, when he was 365 years of age. He was also Methuselah's grandfather. Methuselah is the oldest man to live in the Bible. He lived to be 969 years old. This is found in Genesis 5: 18-27 :)
The Poisonwood Bible of character of Methuselah?
Methuselah was the bird in the book
Who is the oldest man ever?
Methuselah if you believe the Bible. He supposedly lived to be 969 years.
Who is oldest man ever?
Methuselah if you believe The Bible. He supposedly lived to be 969 years.
How old was mathusela?
In the Hebrew Bible it says Methuselah lived to be 969 years old.
How old was the oldest person when they died?
it was Methuselah. Methuselah is the oldest person mentioned in the Bible. He lived to be 969 years old (Genesis 5:27). In Genesis 5, Methuselah is listed as a descendent of Adam, who also lived nearly a millennium. Methuselah and Adam are not the only persons mentioned in the Bible living over 900 years. Adam lived to be 930 years old.
