Methuselah means 'man of the spear' and since 'Cain' means 'possessor of the spear' Methuselah is parallel type to Cain as the one who brought death into the world. So both meanings can be derived from the name, and both are fruitful in meditating upon the scriptures. It is probable that both meanings were intended by God.

2019年10月17日 · Did Methuselah literally live 969 365-day years? God purposed for Adam ,a perfect human to live for ever, subject to him being obedient to God.(Genesis 2:15-17) However because of hid disobedience, Adam forfeited that opportunity for himself and his descendants,.Romans 5:12. Yes, Methuselah literally lived 969 years - of 12 months per year.

Jasher 3:1 “Enoch lived sixty-five years and he had Methuselah; and Enoch walked with God after having a son, Methuselah, and he served the Lord,and despised the evil ways of men.” Jasher 3:10 “They assembled in all, one hundred and thirty kings and princes, and they made Enoch king over them and they were all under his power and command.”

Methuselah, Lamech's father, died within a year of the flood (as late as in the flood, but this isn't known). Lamech's lifespan was unusually short (118 years shorter than anyone else whose age at death is mentioned) for that time.

For example, Methuselah lives 14 years past the flood in the Septuagint's genealogy, but he dies before the flood in the other geneologies. The Septuagint also adds over a thousand extra years to this geneology. The following article lists the differences between the texts. My question is where the Septuagint got those numbers from.

The Rabbis of the Talmud cite Genesis 7:10 as the earliest instance of shiva: “And it came to pass, after the seven days, that the waters of the Flood were upon the earth.” The seven days, say the Rabbis, were a period of mourning for Methuselah, the oldest man who ever lived. In Genesis 50:10, the reference is made even more explicit.

2017年8月22日 · They could show a connection between Methuselah's life and the sexagesimal reigns of the Sumerian figures and show the Sumerian kingship begins when Enoch was taken by God. Genesis 4 In general there are good reasons any reader familiar with the Sumerian antediluvian figures would see a stronger correspondence to the descendants of Cain than ...

2015年12月21日 · 27 Thus all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died. 28 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son 29 and called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground that the Lord has cursed this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands.” 30 Lamech lived after he fathered Noah 595 years and had ...

2021年10月19日 · After seven days.—Said, in Jewish tradition, to have been the seven days of mourning for Methuselah, who died in the year of the flood. Matthew Henry suggests that it is related to the 7-day Sabbath week: God granted seven days' longer space for repentance. But these seven days were trifled away, like all the rest. It shall be but seven days.

2015年8月28日 · Specifically, he had increased Jared's FA from 62 to 162, Methuselah's from 67 to 187, and Lamech's from 88 to 188, so that Methuselah died on 1657.1.6, Lamech died on 1652.1.6, and the Flood began on 1662.2.17. The result was quite neat: a 5-year margin for Methuselah, a 10-year margin for Lamech, and a leap year of Flood as 1662 is multiple of 6.