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Methuselah

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: M By: James P. Boyd

Genesis 5:21‑27

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(dart-man). Grandfather of Noah; oldest of antediluvians. Lived 969 years (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)).

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