methuselah

     

Methuselah or Metushélach (Hebrew: מְתוּשֶׁלַח / מְתוּשָׁלַח, Stanard Mətušélaḥ / Mətušálaḥ Tiberian Məṯûšélaḥ / Məṯûšālaḥ ; "Man of the dart", or alternatively "when he dies/died, it will be sent/has been sent") is the oldest person whose age is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. The name Methuselah has become a general synonym for any living creature of great age.

Trivia about methuselah

  • Trees with biblical names include the Joshua tree & the world's oldest tree, a 4,700-year-old pine named for him
  • A man who lived to be 969, or a champagne bottle that holds 8 times as much as the standard size
  • He lived to be 969 years old
  • At 969, he was the Bible's longest-lived man
  • This 969-year-old died in the year of the flood
  • This longest-lived person in the Bible was Enoch's son & Noah's grandfather
  • Genesis says "all the days of" this guy were 969 years, so if you're "as old as" him, you're really old
  • He became the father of Lamech at the age of 187 & lived for another 782 years
  • Noah's grandfather, he died the year of the deluge at age 969
  • Noah's long-lived granddad (10)
  • His first son, Lamech, was born when he was 187

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