One of the favorite characters in the Old Testament is Methuselah, who lived 969 years (Genesis 5:27), longer than anyone else recorded. His father was Enoch, of whom it is said he 'walked with God' (5:24) but who was taken to heaven without dying at 365 years. Methuselah's son Lamech died a few years before the flood at 777 years (5:31) after bearing Noah.
When Methuselah was born, his godly father must have prophetically known of coming things, for his son's name means 'when he dies, judgment', and interestingly enough, Methuselah died in the same year God judged the sinful world with the great Flood of Noah's day.
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