Methuselah is the man reported to have lived the longest at the age of 969 in the
Hebrew Bible. Extra-biblical tradition maintains that he died on the 11th of
Cheshvan of the year 1656AM (
Anno Mundi, after Creation), seven days before the beginning of the
Great Flood. Methuselah was the son of
Enoch, the father of
Lamech, and the grandfather of
Noah.