Methuselah

Methuselah

Methuselah (US: ; Hebrew: מְתוּשֶׁלַח‎ Məṯūšélaḥ, in pausa מְתוּשָׁלַח‎ Məṯūšālaḥ, "His death shall send" or "Man of the javelin" or "Death of sword"; Greek: Μαθουσάλας Mathousalas) was a biblical patriarch and a figure in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He is claimed to have lived the longest life, dying at 969 years of age. According to the Book of Genesis, Methuselah was the son of Enoch, the father of Lamech, and the grandfather of Noah. Elsewhere in the Bible, Methuselah is mentioned in genealogies in 1 Chronicles and the Gospel of Luke. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Methuselah is the 121st most popular religious figure (down from 112th in 2019). (down from 17th in 2019)

Methuselah is most famous for being the oldest known living organism on Earth. Methuselah is a Great Basin Bristlecone Pine tree that lives in the White Mountains of California. Methuselah is over 4,847 years old.