Genesis 5:27 (WEB)
All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, then he died.
Fathers and councils · 2
John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VIII.21Conference VIII
“…begat Cainan, but Cainan begat Mahalaleel, but Mahalaleel begat Jared, Jared begat Enoch, Enoch begat Methuselah, Methuselah begat Lamech, Lamech begat Noah.”” — editor's note: Gen. v. 4–30.
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Jerome
“For though we should live nine hundred years or more, as men did before the deluge, and though the days of Methuselah should be granted us, yet that long space of time, when once it should have passed away and come to an end, would be as nothing.” — editor's note: Gen. v. 27.
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