Methuselah

Methuselah is a man living at the time before the Flood. He is named in 7 verses of the Bible, first in Genesis 5:21.

Family

Verses

Genesis

• Genesis 5:21
  And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.
• Genesis 5:22
  And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
• Genesis 5:25
  And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.
• Genesis 5:26
  And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
• Genesis 5:27
  And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 1:3
  Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech.

Luke

• Luke 3:37
  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,the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan,

Notes

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2. Where several people share a name, which verses belong to which person, and the family links, follow STEPBible's identifications; some are uncertain and are marked so.