Bible fact · Text-derived calculation
Methuselah's 969 years
Genesis gives Methuselah's age at death as 969 years, the highest age recorded for anyone in the Bible. Genesis 5:27
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"All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, then he died." His grandfather Jared lived 962 years. Genesis 5:27Genesis 5:20
How this was worked out
Compared every age at death stated in the Bible (Genesis 5, 11, 25, 35, 47, 50 and elsewhere) in the World English Bible (Protestant canon, 66 books) as installed on BibleKenya. "Highest recorded" refers only to stated ages.
Counts and numbers that depend on an edition, canon or verse numbering can differ in other Bibles.
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Genesis 5:27 WEB
27All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, then he died.
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Methuselah lived 969 years, longer than anyone else whose age the Bible gives!