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Methuselah (mēthy  `zələ), in the Bible, descendant of Seth; son of Enoch. He is said to have lived 969 years. It is also spelled Mathusala.MethuselahBiblical patriarch who lived to the age of 969. The son of Enoch, he is mentioned in Genesis as a descendant of Seth, the son of Adam and Eve begotten after Cain. He is remembered as the world's oldest human being. He was the father of Lamech and grandfather of Noah; his later descendants included Abraham, Jacob, and David. Methuselah oldest man mentioned in Bible. [O.T.: Genesis 5:27] See : Age, Old Methuselah son of Enoch; patriarch said to have lived 969 years. [O.T.: Genesis 5:21–27] See : Longevity |
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| Oxen tread the wheat from the ear, after the fashion prevalent in the time of Methuselah. "Me old fella boy too much," the one-legged Methuselah quavered. If the old woman lives to the age of Methuselah, he won't die. |
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