Methuselah is the eldest son of Enoch recorded in the Bible (Genesis 5:21 KJV).
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His name means man of the dart or javelin. He was born when Enoch was sixty-five years old. Looking at our chart of Biblical Timeline, Methuselah (3319 BC to 2350 BC) is the grandfather of Noah.
Methuselah lived for nine hundred and sixty-nine years and finally rested (Genesis 5:27 KJV). He lived the longest life in the descendants of Adam.
Methuselah, Father of Lamech
At the age of one hundred eighty-seven, Methuselah begat Lamech (Genesis 5:25 KJV). He lived for another seven hundred eighty-two years after he begat Lamech and had other sons and daughters (Genesis 5:26 KJV).