Methuselah, the son of Enoch, fathers Lamech at age 187 and lives to 969 — the longest human life recorded in Scripture. The son of the man who walked with God and never died outlives everyone in the genealogy. His name, possibly meaning 'his death shall bring' or 'man of the dart,' has generated speculation, particularly because he dies in the year of the flood according to traditional chronologies. What the text gives us is simply the longest life and the same ending: he died. Even the son of Enoch, the longest-lived human, still dies. Hebrews 11:13 notes that all the great figures of faith 'died without receiving the things promised, only seeing them from a distance.' Longevity without the walk does not escape the formula. The application of Methuselah's life is not to admire his age but to contrast him quietly with his father: the walk with God, not the length of the walk, is the measure that matters.

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