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METHUSELAH

Son of Enoch, Lamech’s father, and the grandfather of Noah through Seth’s line (Gn 5:21-27; 1 Chr 1:3). Living 969 years, Methuselah is the oldest recorded person in the Bible. His lineage is included in Luke’s genealogy of Christ (Lk 3:37).

Show passage in OET: GEN 5:21–27

OET-RV GEN 5:21

21 When Hanok was 65 years old, he had a son named Metushelah (Methuselah).

OET-RV GEN 5:22

22 After Metushelah’s birth, Hanok walked with God for 300 years and had other sons and daughters.

OET-RV GEN 5:23

23 So Hanok lived a total of 365 years.

OET-RV GEN 5:24

24 Hanok walked with God, and then he was not there, because God took him away.

OET-RV GEN 5:25

25 When Metushelah was 187 years old, he had a son named Lemek (Lamech).

OET-RV GEN 5:26

26 After Lemek’s birth, Metushelah lived another 782 years and had other sons and daughters.

OET-RV GEN 5:27

27 So Metushelah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.

OET-LV GEN 5:21

21 And_ Ḩₐnōk _he/it _lived five and_sixty year[s] and_he/it _fathered DOM Mətūshelaḩ.

OET-LV GEN 5:22

22 And_ Ḩₐnōk _he/it _walked/wandered with the_ʼElohīm after fathering_by _him/it DOM Mətūshelaḩ three hundred(s) year[s] and_he/it _fathered sons and_daughters.

OET-LV GEN 5:23

23 And_ all _of the _days _of Ḩₐnōk _he/it _was five and_sixty year[s] and_three hundred(s) year[s].

OET-LV GEN 5:24

24 And_ Ḩₐnōk _he/it _walked/wandered with the_ʼElohīm and_he_didn’t _exist if/because god he _took DOM_him/it.

OET-LV GEN 5:25

25 And_ Mətūshelaḩ _he/it _lived seven and_eighty year[s] and_one _hundred year[s] and_he/it _fathered DOM Lemek.

OET-LV GEN 5:26

26 And_ Mətūshelaḩ _he/it _lived after fathering_by _him/it DOM Lemek two and_eighty year[s] and_seven hundred(s) year[s] and_he/it _fathered sons and_daughters.

OET-LV GEN 5:27

27 And_ all _of the _days _of Mətūshelaḩ _they _were nine and_sixty year[s] and_nine hundred(s) year[s] and_he/it _died.

Show passage in OET: CH1 1:3

OET-RV CH1 1:3

3 Hanok (Enoch), Metushelah (Methuselah), Lemek (Lamech),

OET-LV CH1 1:3

3 Ḩₐnōk/(Enoch) Mətūshelaḩ Lemek.

Show passage in OET: LUK 3:37

OET-RV LUK 3:37

37 the son of Metushelah (Methuselah), the son of Hanok (Enoch), the son of Yered (Jared), the son of Mahalalel, the son of Keynan,

OET-LV LUK 3:37

37 the son of _Mathousala/(Mətūshelaḩ), the son of_Enōⱪ/(Ḩₐnōk), the son of _Yared/(Yered), the son of_Maleleaʸl/(Mahₐlal^ʼēl), the son of _Kainan,

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See also Genealogy of Jesus Christ.