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Methuselah

From: Concise Bible Dictionary: M By: George A. Morrish

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Son of Enoch, and the seventh from Adam: he lived 969 years, longer than any other person, and died in the year of the flood (Gen. 5:21-27²¹And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: ²²And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: ²³And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: ²⁴And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. ²⁵And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech: ²⁶And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: ²⁷And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. (Genesis 5:21‑27); 1 Chron. 1:3³Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech, (1 Chronicles 1:3)). He is called MATHUSALA in Luke 3:37³⁷Which 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).

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