According to Genesis 5:25-31
Methuselah lived a total of 969 years and then he died.
Methuselah's son Lamech was born when he was 187 years old. Lamech's son Noah was born when Lamech was 182 years old.
According to Genesis 7:6, The Flood occured when Noah was 600 years old.
Add those together and the flood occurred when Methuselah was 969 years old.
Do you think that Methuselah died in the flood?
2006-09-28 18:55:05 · 12 answers · asked by Searcher 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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The Flood Judgment
Methuselah comes from muth, a root that means "death";1 and from shalach, which means to bring, or to send forth. The name Methuselah means, "his death shall bring".2
Methuselah's father was given a prophecy of the coming Great Flood, and was apparently told that as long as his son was alive, the judgment of the flood would be withheld; but as soon as he died, the flood would be brought or sent forth.
(Can you imagine raising a kid like that? Every time the boy caught a cold, the entire neighborhood must have panicked!)
And, indeed, the year that Methuselah died, the flood came.3
It is interesting that Methuselah's life, in effect, was a symbol of God's mercy in forestalling the coming judgment of the flood.
Therefore, it is fitting that his lifetime is the oldest in the Bible, speaking of the extensiveness of God's mercy.
2006-09-28 19:09:29 · answer #1 · answered by LIVE4TRUTH 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I would have to say that since Methuselah was in the lineage of Jesus and was one that God used for such purpose as a righteous man and the Bible said that there were none righteous at the time of the flood that Methuselah more than likely died before the flood. Lamech died before the flood as well, before his father Methuselah died.
2006-09-28 19:03:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no the book of genesis says that Methuselah died after living nine hundred and sixty nine years. then he is not mentioned. Lamech also died after seven hundred and seventy-seven years. he lived for five hundred and ninety- five years after Noah was born . Noah was 500 yrs old before he fathered three sons. Noah was 600years old and 17 days old when the flood occurred.
so according to the bible both Methuselah and Noah's Father were dead when the flood started.
2006-09-28 19:25:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible says he was alive the same year as the flood. The Bible also say that there was none righteous but Noah . . . .I say it is very possible if not likely
2006-09-28 18:59:00 · answer #4 · answered by parkplaceapts144@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I noticed that a few years ago.
I have nothing else to offer other than my opinion.
Yes - he died in the flood. yes, he let his grandfather die - He did not help build the boat for over 100 years
2006-09-28 19:06:23 · answer #5 · answered by Slave to JC 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, Methuselah means "when he dies it will come", 'It' here is flood. Enoch when he knew this his life changed and started walking with God.
2006-09-28 18:59:17 · answer #6 · answered by IndianLight 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It does no good to speculate. The Bible simply does not say.
2006-09-28 19:04:12 · answer #7 · answered by LineDancer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Comparing scripture with scripture you find that when he died, that was it. Then the flood.
2006-09-28 19:00:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i thought nimrod was a weird name, but met takes the cake!
2006-09-28 19:07:21 · answer #9 · answered by St. Anthony of Y!Answers 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You answered your own question my dear ...he died that year
2006-09-28 18:59:17 · answer #10 · answered by jas3tm 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋