Person

Methuselah

Also: Mathusala

Son of Enoch; the longest-lived man recorded (969 years); died in the year of the Flood (MT arithmetic).

Sort year3317 BC

Tier 4 · Ussher, Annals of the World

Tier 4: Ussher, Annals: 687 AM, 3317 BC (no higher-tier year available).

Scripture

birth of Methuselah, CFAH first
Chronology	Date as stated	Year (BC / AM)	Citation & note
CFAH	Not yet established	—	— pending CFAH reference
Ussher-Jones	687 AM Precision: year	AM 687	Jones, Chronology of the Old Testament (15th ed., 2002), "Chronological Compendium", p. 1 (opens in a new tab) Jones prints only the AM figure here; no BC year is printed for this birth, so year_bc_ad is left null (not inferred).
Ussher	687 AM, 3317 BC Precision: year	3317 BC AM 687	Ussher, Annals of the World, First Age, §19 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription) (opens in a new tab) Sets sort year
Jordan secondary	"687 - Methuselah born" Precision: year	AM 687	Jordan, "The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 2)," Biblical Chronology 6:4 (April 1994), §4 "The Chronology of Genesis 4 & 5" (year list) (opens in a new tab)
Jordan (compilation) secondary	687 AM (birth year printed at the start of the methuselah bar) Precision: year	AM 687	Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (unnamed compiler; a compilation of James B. Jordan's system), p. 1, chart "A.M. Chronology (Anno Mundi “Year of the World”) Genesis 5, 11:10" (opens in a new tab) Agrees with Jordan's own published AM 687.
MT-Gen	AM 687 Precision: year	AM 687	Gen 5 cumulative begetting ages (father enoch begat at 65, Gen 5:21) (opens in a new tab)

death of Methuselah, CFAH first
Chronology	Date as stated	Year (BC / AM)	Citation & note
CFAH	Not yet established	—	— pending CFAH reference
Ussher-Jones	Not yet established	—	— Not stated in the Jones sources read (Chart No. 1; Chronology of the Old Testament 15th ed. 2002, Chronological Compendium p. 1). Leave empty until verified.
Ussher	1656 AM, 2349 BC Precision: year	2349 BC AM 1656	Ussher, Annals of the World, First Age, §33 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription) (opens in a new tab)
Jordan secondary	"1656 - The Flood; Methuselah died" Precision: year	AM 1656	Jordan, "The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 2)," Biblical Chronology 6:4 (April 1994), §4 "The Chronology of Genesis 4 & 5" (year list) (opens in a new tab)
Jordan (compilation) secondary	1656 AM Methusaleh dies @ 969 yrs old Precision: year	AM 1656	Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (unnamed compiler; a compilation of James B. Jordan's system), p. 1, chart "A.M. Chronology (Anno Mundi “Year of the World”) Genesis 5, 11:10" (opens in a new tab) Agrees with Jordan's own published AM 1656.
MT-Gen	AM 1656 Precision: year	AM 1656	Gen 5: birth AM 687 + 969 years (Gen 5:27) (opens in a new tab)

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