| 词汇 | old as methuselah |
| 词源 | old as Methuselah. As old as Methuselah, “incredibly old,” refers to the grandfather of Noah, who the Bible tells us lived to be 969 before he perished in the year of the Deluge. The patri- arch is the oldest person mentioned in the Scriptures and is the son of Enoch, descended from Seth, son of Adam. This prime- val ancestor of mankind is mentioned in Luke 3:37 as well as Genesis. To recap Methuselah’s longevity: “Thus all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years; and he died” (Gen. 5:21–28). |
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