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Part of the genealogy of Christ Mentioned in the Bible by name
Methuselah, Mathusala

Time-period: ❶ Adam-Noa (4000 – 3000 f.Kr.)
Born: 3073 f.Kr.  (688 AM*)
Dead: 2104 e.Kr.  (5865 AM*)
Age: 969 years
Alt. names/spellings: Mathusala, Methuselah
Father: Enoch
children (1): Lamech

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*Anno Mundi (latin for year and world) is the jewish way of counting time which puts the genesis of the world at year 3761 BC. This year (2026) is represented by year 5786 in Anno Mundi. This is an approximate number.

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Usage in the Bible


Methuselah H4968
מְתוּשֶׁ֫לַח (Metoshelach)
6 times in OT
Mathusala G3103
Μαθουσάλα (Mathousala)
1 times in NT
Total    7 times

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  • Enoch

    Extra: Was an ancestor to Christ.

    Enoch
    • Methuselah

      order of birth not available

      Extra: Was an ancestor to Christ.

      • Lamech

        order of birth not available

        Ancestor of Christ

        Lamech
        • Noah

          order of birth not available

          Ancestor of Christ

          Noah

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Gen 5:21
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And Enoch (Hebr. Chanoch) [meaning: dedicated/consecrated] lived 65 years [5 and 60 years].
And he became [at that age] the father of Methuselah.
Gen 5:22
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And Enoch walked [lived in communion] with God (Hebr. ha-Elohim)
for 300 years after he became the father of Methuselah.
And he became the father of sons and daughters.
Gen 5:25
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And Metoshelach [meaning: 'man of the spear'] lived 187 years [7 and 80 years and 100 years].
And he became [at that age] the father of Lamech.
Gen 5:26
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And Methuselah lived 782 years [2 and 80 years and 700 years] after he became the father of Lamech.
And he became the father of sons and daughters.
Gen 5:27
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And Methuselah's entire lifespan (all his days) was 969 years [9 and 60 years and 900 years].
And he died.
[His age is the highest recorded in the Bible. He was there to see the ark being built and died the same year the flood came. We know this because Noah was 600 years old when the flood came, see Gen. 7:11. Methuselah had Lamech when he was 187 years old. Another 182 years later, Noah was born, see Gen. 5:25–29. The sum of 187 + 182 + 600 is 969.]
1 Ch 1:3
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Enoch (Chanoch),
Methuselah,
Lamech,
Luke 3:37
  Interlinear
son to Methuselah (Metushelach),
son of Henok,
son of Jared (Jered),
son of Mahalalel,
son of Kenan,