Methuselah

Methuselah

Methuselah (US: ; Hebrew: מְתוּשֶׁלַח‎ Məṯūšélaḥ, in pausa מְתוּשָׁלַח‎ Məṯūšālaḥ, "His death shall send" or "Man of the Javelin" or "Death of Sword"; Greek: Μαθουσάλας Mathousalas) was a biblical patriarch and a figure in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He is claimed to have lived the longest life, dying at 969 years of age. According to the Book of Genesis, Methuselah was the son of Enoch, the father of Lamech, and the grandfather of Noah. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Methuselah has received more than 6,062,171 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Methuselah is the 112th most popular religious figure (down from 91st in 2019).

Methuselah is most famous for being the oldest known living organism on Earth. Methuselah is a Great Basin Bristlecone Pine tree that lives in the White Mountains of California. Methuselah is over 4,847 years old.