Methuselah, << muh THOO zuh luh, >> was the son of Enoch, the father of Lamech, and the grandfather of Noah in the Old Testament. According to the Bible, he lived 969 years (Gen. 5:25-27), making him the oldest Biblical person. The expression “as old as Methuselah” describes a very old person. Babylonians believed some of their heroes lived 36,000 years.
