Methuselah
The oldest person mentioned in the Bible.
A written article for Methuselah is still to come. Below and alongside: where Methuselah appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.
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3400 BC2300 BC
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Methuselah3317 BC to 2348 BC
Original word
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מְתוּשֶׁלַח methuselahH4968
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Citations
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Where Methuselah appears in Scripture
וַיְחִי חֲנוֹךְ חָמֵשׁ וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת-מְתוּשָֽׁלַח׃
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
וַיִּתְהַלֵּךְ חֲנוֹךְ אֶת-הָֽאֱלֹהִים אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת-מְתוּשֶׁלַח שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת׃
And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
וַיְחִי מְתוּשֶׁלַח שֶׁבַע וּשְׁמֹנִים שָׁנָה וּמְאַת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת-לָֽמֶךְ׃
And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
וַיְחִי מְתוּשֶׁלַח אַֽחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת-לֶמֶךְ שְׁתַּיִם וּשְׁמוֹנִים שָׁנָה וּשְׁבַע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת׃
And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
וַיִּהְיוּ כָּל-יְמֵי מְתוּשֶׁלַח תֵּשַׁע וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וּתְשַׁע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיָּמֹֽת׃
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.