<P> Methuselah ( Hebrew : מְתוּשֶׁלַח ‎ / מְתוּשָׁלַח ‎ , Modern Metušélaħ / Metušálaħ Tiberian Məṯûšélaḥ / Məṯûšālaḥ ; `` 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 . Extra-biblical tradition maintains that he died on the 11th of Cheshvan of the year 1656AM ( Anno Mundi , after Creation ) , seven days before the beginning of the Great Flood . Methuselah was the son of Enoch , the father of Lamech , and the grandfather of Noah . </P>
<P> Methuselah ( Hebrew : מְתוּשֶׁלַח ‎ / מְתוּשָׁלַח ‎ , Modern Metušélaħ / Metušálaħ Tiberian Məṯûšélaḥ / Məṯûšālaḥ ; `` 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 . Extra-biblical tradition maintains that he died on the 11th of Cheshvan of the year 1656AM ( Anno Mundi , after Creation ) , seven days before the beginning of the Great Flood . Methuselah was the son of Enoch , the father of Lamech , and the grandfather of Noah . </P>
who lived the longest in the bible ( 969 years )
who lived the longest in the bible ( 969 years )
Methuselah
Methuselah