Methuselah

Longest-lived Biblical figure

Methuselah (US: ; UK: ; Hebrew: מְתוּשֶׁלַח, romanized: Məṯūšélaḥ, in pausa Hebrew: מְתוּשָׁלַח, romanized: Məṯūšālaḥ, 'his death shall send' or 'man of the javelin' or 'death of sword'; Greek: Μαθουσάλας Mathousalas) was a biblical patriarch and a figure in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He is claimed to have lived to 969 years of age, the longest lifespan claimed in the Bible. According to the Book of Genesis, Methuselah was the son of Enoch, the father of Lamech, and the grandfather of Noah.

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