# Methuselah — The City of God character guide

> Methuselah in The City of God by Augustine of Hippo.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0002-part-i-book-i

## Who they are

Patriarch known for his extreme longevity, son of Enoch and grandfather of Noah.

## In the story

### [X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-x)

Son of Enoch; in the eighth generation, the Hebrew reading gives him 100 more years before begetting his successor, but total lifespan agrees.

### [Of Methuselah's Age and the Chronological Discrepancy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xi)

His age is the subject of the chronological discrepancy; Augustine argues he died in the year of the flood.

### [Chapter XIII: On the Discrepancies Between the Hebrew and Septuagint Chronologies](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_city_of_god_se/chapters/part-ii-xiii)

His age before begetting Lamech is discussed as a point of discrepancy between the Hebrew and Septuagint texts.

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