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Methuselah
מתושלח he Matusale la Μαθουσάλας grc
Oldest person in the Bible, Biblical Patriarch
- Child of Enoch
- Consort of Edna
- Traditionally until 2348 BCE
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- Written 85 CE
Gospel of Luke
book of the New Testament -
First Book of Chronicles
book of the Christian Old Testament corresponding to the first half of the Book of Chronicles in the Hebrew Bible -
Book of Enoch
ancient Jewish apocalyptic religious text, part of the canon of the Ethiopian-Orthodox Church - Written 1st century CE
Second Book of Enoch
pseudepigraphic apocalypse describing the ascent of Enoch, through ten heavens, extant in Church Slavonic and in Coptic fragments -
Book of Moses
part of the scriptural canon of the LDS movement; originally Genesis 1–6 of the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible; today published as part of the Pearl of Great Price -
Genesis 5 ↗
Book of Genesis, chapter 5
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