Methuselah

3317 BC – 2348 BCSemiticAntediluvian Era

The longest life in Scripture. Died the year of the Flood.

The facts

Dates	3317 BC – 2348 BC
Lifespan	969 years
Lineage band	Semitic
Scripture	Gen. 5:21-27
Era	Antediluvian Era
Father	Enoch
Source	Chart + scripture

Where this sits on the chart

Methuselah falls 687 years out from Creation at the centre, inside the Antediluvian Era arc. On the printed chart you can put a finger here and read straight outward to see what the rest of the world was doing in the same moment.

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Sons

Lamech3130 BC – 2353 BC

Who else was alive

Mahalalel3609 BC – 2714 BC Jared3544 BC – 2582 BC Invention of writing in Sumer3500 BC Enoch3382 BC – 3017 BC Lamech3130 BC – 2353 BC Beginnings of the Early Dynastic Period in Egypt3100 BC Enoch taken by God, does not see death3017 BC Establishment of the city of Troy3000 BC

Now see where it sits

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