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METHUSELAH

This article appears in Volume V18, Page 298 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MEC-MIC
METHUSELAH , in the Old Testament, the seventh in descent from
Adam
 , and father of
Lamech
 . According to
Genesis
  v. 21 he lived 969 years (see BIBLE: Old Testament, 5, "
Chronology
  "). The name itself has been much discussed. Holzinger interprets it as " man of the javelin ": Hommel prefers " man of Selah," Selah being the Hebraized form of the Babylonian Sarrahu (i.e. the god Sin), and identifies it with the'Ahjs os of
Berossus
 . The form Methushael, used by the author of Gen. iv. 18 and by some commentators preferred for Gen. v. 21, is variously explained as meaning " man of El " (Ball), or as a transcription (Sayce) of the Babylonian Mutula-ili (possibly, " man of the goddess").


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