| − | '''Methuselah''' is a character in the Book of [[Genesis]], the son of [[Enoch]] and the grandfather of [[Noah]].<ref name="m">{{Easton|Methuselah}}</ref> He is best known for living until the age of 969 (Gen 5:27), the longest life recorded in [[the Bible]]<ref name="m"/>. Taking the years of the Genesis genealogies as literal, his death occurred the same year as the [[Great Flood]].<ref name="m"/> Whether he died with the flood or the flood was put off until his death is unknown.{{citation needed}} Apart from the record of his lineage, the Bible does not mention any other information about him.{{citation needed}} | + | '''Methuselah''' is a character in the Book of [[Genesis]], the son of [[Enoch]] and the grandfather of [[Noah]].<ref name="m">{{Easton|Methuselah}}</ref> He is best known for living until the age of 969 (Gen 5:27), the longest life recorded in [[the Bible]]<ref name="m"/>. Taking the years of the Genesis genealogies as literal, his death occurred the same year as the [[Great Flood]].<ref name="m"/> Whether he died with the flood or the flood was put off until his death is unknown.{{fact}} Apart from the record of his lineage, the Bible does not mention any other information about him.{{fact}} |