The City of God · Character
Methuselah
Patriarch known for his extreme longevity, son of Enoch and grandfather of Noah.
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First appearance: part i book i
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Son of Enoch; in the eighth generation, the Hebrew reading gives him 100 more years before begetting his successor, but total lifespan agrees.
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In X: Son of Enoch; in the eighth generation, the Hebrew reading gives him 100 more years before begetting his successor, but total lifespan agrees. Later, in Of Methuselah's Age and the Chronological Discrepancy: His…
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- Diverse Historical and Biblical Figures
- Patriarchs and Pagan Figures
- Protagonist
- Early Biblical Genealogy
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- Of Methuselah's Age and the Chronological Discrepancy
- Chapter XIII: On the Discrepancies Between the Hebrew and Septuagint Chronologies
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