And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

וַיִּהְיוּ֙ כָּל־יְמֵ֣י מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח תֵּ֤שַׁע וְשִׁשִּׁים֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּתְשַׁ֥ע מֵאֹ֖ות שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת

Genesis 5:27

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Old age

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Genesis The Bible

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Religious literature

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Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

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Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 5:27).

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Peter 1:24).

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 1:28).