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Methusael

Champion of El; man of God, a descendant of Cain (Gen. 4:18), so called, perhaps, to denote that even among the descendants of Cain God had not left himself without a witness.

Also from Smith's (1884) +

(man of God), the son of Mehujael, fourth in descent from Cain, and father of Lamech. (Genesis 4:18)

In the Bible

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Verses where Methusael is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • Genesis 4:18

    Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methusael, and Methusael was the father of Lamech.

Scripture on Methusael

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Entries that reference Methusael

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Methusael references

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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