the son of Enoch and father of Lamech, was born in the year of the world 687, begat Lamech in 874, and died in 1656, being the very year of the deluge, at the age of 969, which is the greatest age that has been attained by any mortal man upon earth (Gen. v. 21, 22, &c.). According to the text of the Septuagint, Methuselah must have lived 14 years after the deluge; and according to other copies, he died fix years before it: but it is generally agreed on, that these copies, as well as the Septuagint, are corrupted in this place.