What is Methuselah?
'''Methuselah''' was the son of [[Enoch]] and the father of [[Lamech]] in [[Genesis]] chapter 5. He is stated as having lived to the age of 969 (verse 27) and so his name in English is [[proverb]]ial for great [[ageing|age]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Methuselah |work=Insight on the Scriptures |date=1988 |publisher=Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of New York |isbn=978-9-9997-4428-7 |volume=2 |page=389 |url=https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200003022}}</ref><ref >{{cite book|editor-last1=Twain|editor-first1=Mark|title=The Bible According to Mark Twain: Writings on Heaven, Eden, and the Flood|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hQgbd46eEgIC&dq=methuselah+oldest+person&pg=PA350|publisher=University of Georgia Press|date=1995| page=350|isbn=9780820316505}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{multistub|bio|religion}} [[Category:Old Testament people]]