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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Methusael (Man living at the time before the Flood)

Cain's line, father of Lamech and grandfather of Jabal, Jubal and Tubal-cain, the fathers of herders, musicians and metalworkers. The name looks like Methuselah, but Methuselah is in Seth's line and they are two men.

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Cain's line, father of Lamech and grandfather of Jabal, Jubal and Tubal-cain, the fathers of herders, musicians and metalworkers. The name looks like Methuselah, but Methuselah is in Seth's line and they are two men.

Who this is

A descendant of Cain in the genealogy of Genesis 4, father of Lamech and grandfather of Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-cain, credited respectively as ancestors of nomadic herders, musicians, and metalworkers (Genesis 4:18-22). His name closely resembles Methuselah, from the separate line of Seth recorded later in Genesis 5, but the two figures are not the same person.

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H4967

Where it appears
  • Genesis 4:18

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