Methuselah
Before Israel Antediluvian · Creation & Patriarchs · Old Testament
- Also called
- Mathusala
- Name means
- Man of the dart (commonly given)
- Role
- The longest-lived man in the Bible
- When
- Before the Flood
What they did
Son of Enoch and grandfather of Noah. He lived 969 years.
Why it matters: the purpose of their role
His long life links the godly line from Enoch to Noah and is a reminder of God's patience before the Flood; he is listed in the genealogy of Christ.
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. Genesis 5:27 (KJV)
Bible references
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. 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. Genesis 5:21-27 (KJV)
Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech, 1 Chronicles 1:3 (KJV)
Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan, Luke 3:37 (KJV)
Family
- Father
- Enoch
- Children
- Lamech, and other sons and daughters
Grandfather of Noah (Genesis 5:25-29).