Precious little is written about Methuselah in the Bible, but we do know that he was the son of Mehujael and, according to the Old Testament, lived to the ripe old age of 969 years (although we are not quite sure what exactly constituted the measurement of years at that time). Because of this, Methuselah’s claim to fame is that he is the oldest person in the Bible, and is therefore the proverbial symbol of longevity. Interestingly, at the age of 187, he had his first son, Lamech, who was the father of Noah. Methuselah also had many other children during his long life. You can read about Methuselah in the Book of Genesis (4:18; 5:21-27) and in 1st Chronicles (1:3).
