Topic
Methuselah
5 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
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- 1 Chronicles 1:3Easton · ISBE · Nave Son of Enoch and grandfather of Noah
Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
- Genesis 5:21–27Easton · Nave Son of Enoch and grandfather of Noah
¶ And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: And Enoch walked with…
- Genesis 5:21ISBE
¶ And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
- Genesis 5:25–27Smith
And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech: And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years:…
- Luke 3:37ISBE
Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 2 references
Man of the dart, the son of Enoch, and grandfather of Noah. He was the oldest man of whom we have any record, dying at the age of nine hundred and sixty-nine years, in the year of the Flood (Gen. 5:21-27; 1 Chr. 1:3).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 1 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 3 references
me-thu'-se-la, me-thu'-se-la (methushelach, "man of the javelin"): A descendant of Seth, the son of Enoch, and father of Lamech (Ge 5:21 ff; 1Ch 1:3; Lu 3:37). Methuselah is said to have lived 969 years; he is therefore the oldest of the patriarchs and the oldest man. It is doubtful whether these long years do not include the duration of a family or clan.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 2 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Son of Enoch and grandfather of Noah Ge 5:21-27; 1Ch 1:3
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.