"When Methuselah had lived 187 years he became the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters. Altogether Methuselah lived 969 years, and then he died."
He lived to be the oldest person on earth's record, he died sometime before the flood. His father was Enoch. His son, Lamech, went on to be the father of Noah.
In the King James version, he makes his appearance in Genesis chapter 5Gen 5:21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
Methuselah was the oldest at 969 (Genesis 5:27)Jared was second oldest at 962 (Genesis 5:20)and the third oldest was Noah who was 950 years old. (Genesis 9:29)
The oldest man mentioned in the Holy Bible is Methuselah. He is said to have lived for 969 years according to the Book of Genesis.
I believe they do. Methuselah was 969 years old when he died. (Genesis 5:27)
in Genesis 5:27, in the geneology after Adam, it says that Methuselah lived 969 years until he died. Second place i think goes to Jared in Genesis 5:20 who lived 962 years.
Methuselah's birth is recorded in Genesis 5:21.
In the King James version, he makes his appearance in Genesis chapter 5Gen 5:21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
Genesis 5:18-21 Jared was Methuselah's grandfather. "Jared the father of Enoch and Enoch the father of Methuselah.
Genesis 5:27, Methuselah.
Methuselah in Genesis 5:27
According to the Book of Genesis, Methuselah lived 969 years.
The Bible does not follow Methuselah's life in detail but we do know a few things about him. Notably: Methuselah was Noah's grandfather and he lived longer than any other recorded human being (Genesis 5:27 - 969 years).
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 :)
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.
Methuselah is written about in Genesis. There isn't a book of the Bible named after him.
He was 969 years old. (Genesis 5:27)
No. Genesis 5:21, 22 Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Methuselah. After he begot Methuselah, Enoch walked with God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters.