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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › MethuselahMethuselah - Wikipedia

    Methuselah lived until the ark was built but died before the flood, since God had promised he would not be killed with the unrighteous. [17] The Sefer haYashar gives Methuselah's age at death as 960.

  3. answersingenesis.org › when-did-methuselah-dieMethuselah: When Did He Die? - Answers in Genesis

    Though some may mistakenly think Methuselah died in the Flood, this is highly unlikely. Methuselah was raised by a godly parent (Enoch) who walked with God and pleased God so that God took him away without death. In fact, Methuselah may have actually helped Noah in the construction phase of the Ark. But his death preceded the Flood.

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  4. www.britannica.com › biography › MethuselahMethuselah | Bible, Age, Passages, & Facts | Britannica

    Methuselah, in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), patriarch whose life span as recorded in Genesis (5:27) was 969 years. Methuselah has survived in legend and tradition as the longest-lived human. His prodigious age has been taken as literally 969 solar years, as a possible mistranslation of 969.

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  6. www.christianity.com › wiki › bibleHow Old Was Methuselah When He Died? Meaning and Significance

    Aug 17, 2023 · Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died" (Genesis 5:25-27). Within this passage of Genesis, we are told that Methuselah was 969 years old when he died. A man living 969 years old in the present day is unheard of!

  7. www.christianity.com › wiki › peopleWho Was Methuselah in the Bible? - Christianity

    Sep 6, 2019 · Methuselah was 369 years old when Noah was born (Genesis 5:25-29). Methuselah died in the year of the flood when Noah was 600 years old ( Genesis 9:28-29 ). Where is Methuselah found in the Bible?

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  8. www.gotquestions.org › Methuselah-in-the-BibleWho was Methuselah in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

    Jan 4, 2022 · Some have suggested that Noah’s grandfather Methuselah died the week before the flood, citing the fact that God told Noah and his family to enter the ark seven days before the rains came (Genesis 7:1, 10).

  9. www.learnreligions.com › methuselah-oldest-man-whoMethuselah Was the Oldest Man in the Bible - Learn Religions

    Jun 3, 2019 · Methuselah died in the year of the Flood. Whether he perished before the Flood or was killed by it, we are not told in the Bible. Scripture is also silent as to whether Methuselah helped to build the ark.