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Methuselah
PatriarchGenesis 5:21Genesis 5:27
Description
Son of Enoch and grandfather of Noah. Lived 969 years, the longest-lived person in the Bible.
Family Tree
FatherEnoch
Methuselah
Key Events
Birth
Genesis 5:21
Life Event
Son of Enoch and grandfather of Noah.
Life Event
Lived 969 years, the longest-lived person in the Bible.
Death
Genesis 5:27
Scripture References
Genesis 5:27
“And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.”
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