Methuselah

Genesis gives Methuselah the longest life of anyone it records: nine hundred sixty and nine years. He was the son of Enoch, the man who “walked with God” and was not, “for God took him.” He lived a hundred eighty and seven years before his son Lamech was born, and Lamech became the father of Noah. The Bible tells no stories about Methuselah himself, only his place in the line and the length of his days, and Chronicles repeats his name in its list of the earliest generations. His entry makes the most sense read beside Enoch’s, in Genesis 5.

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Genesis

Genesis 5:21

And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:

Genesis 5:22

And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

Genesis 5:23

And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:

Genesis 5:24

And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

Genesis 5:25

And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

Genesis 5:26

And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:

Genesis 5:27

And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 1:3

Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Matthew George Easton, 1897

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).

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

(man of the dart), the son of Enoch, sixth in descent from Seth, and father of Lamech. (Genesis 5:25-27)