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    Methuselah Bible Quiz

    Ten KJV questions on Methuselah — his lineage, his years, and his place in the line of Noah.

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    Who was Methuselah's father?

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    Q1.Who was Methuselah's father?

    Answer: Enoch

    Genesis 5:21 (KJV) — 'Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah.'

    Reference: Genesis 5:21 (KJV)

    Q2.How many years did Methuselah live in all?

    Answer: 969

    Genesis 5:27 (KJV) — 'All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.'

    Reference: Genesis 5:27 (KJV)

    Q3.Who was Methuselah's son?

    Answer: Lamech

    Genesis 5:25 (KJV) — 'Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech.'

    Reference: Genesis 5:25 (KJV)

    Q4.Who was Methuselah's grandson?

    Answer: Noah

    Genesis 5:28-29 (KJV) — Lamech 'begat a son: And he called his name Noah.'

    Reference: Genesis 5:28 (KJV)

    Q5.At what age did Methuselah beget Lamech?

    Answer: 187

    Genesis 5:25 (KJV) — 'Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech.'

    Reference: Genesis 5:25 (KJV)

    Q6.Methuselah is listed in whose genealogy in the New Testament?

    Answer: Luke's

    Luke 3:37 (KJV) — 'Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch.'

    Reference: Luke 3:37 (KJV)

    Q7.Methuselah was the great-grandfather of which patriarch?

    Answer: Noah

    Genesis 5:25-29 (KJV) — Lamech, son of Methuselah, was the father of Noah.

    Reference: Genesis 5:29 (KJV)

    Q8.Was Methuselah's father Enoch translated, that he should not see death?

    Answer: Yes

    Hebrews 11:5 (KJV) — 'By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death.'

    Reference: Hebrews 11:5 (KJV)

    Q9.Which generation from Adam was Methuselah?

    Answer: Eighth

    Genesis 5 (KJV) lists Adam, Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah — the eighth.

    Reference: Genesis 5:21 (KJV)

    Q10.How many years after Methuselah's begetting Lamech did he live?

    Answer: 782

    Genesis 5:26 (KJV) — 'Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years.'

    Reference: Genesis 5:26 (KJV)

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