Methuselah ben Enoch


 * 8th Patriarch of Genesis
 * Longest Living Man on Earth - 969 Years

Biographpy
Methuselah (Hebrew: מְתוּשֶׁלַח‬, Methushelah "Man of the dart/spear", or alternatively "his death shall bring judgment") is the man reported to have lived the longest at the age of 969 in the Hebrew Bible. Methuselah was the son of Enoch, the father of  Lamech, and the grandfather of  Noah.

Bible Narrative
Methuselah is mentioned in Genesis 5:21–27, as part of the genealogy linking Adam to Noah. The following is taken from the King James Version of the Bible.

21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: 22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: 23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: 24 And Enoch walked with God: and he [was] not; for God took him. 25 And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech: 26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: 27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

- [Genesis 5:21–27 KJV

Marriage and Family

 * Book of Genesis