Methuselah

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mḗ-thū´sḗ-la, me-thū´se-la (מתוּשׁלח, methūshelaḥ, “man of the javelin” or "man of the dart"):

A descendant of Seth, the son of Enoch, and father of Lamech (Genesis 5:21 ff; 1 Chronicles 1:3; Luke 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. He was the grandfather of Noah and 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 (Genesis 5:21-27).