God purposed for adam ,a perfect human to live for ever, subject to him being obedient to god. But these seven days were trifled away, like all the rest Methuselah means 'man of the spear' and since 'cain' means 'possessor of the spear' methuselah is parallel type to cain as the one who brought death into the world
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So both meanings can be derived from the name, and both are fruitful in meditating upon the scriptures
It is probable that both meanings were intended by god.
Thus, there is nothing here to suggest that before the birth of methuselah, enoch was wicked or needed drastic reform All that is stated is a greater dedication and closeness to god at that point in his life. The definitions of selah and methuselah seem unrelated to each other Selah definition includes (hebrew)'to lift up, exalt', 'forever', 'pause for contemplation'
So, enoch's radical transformation, methuselah's death just before the flood waters and lamech's declaration over his son, noah, all point towards the fact that indeed the previous generations from enoch onward were made aware of the impending destruction upon the world and god's plan of salvation through their generations. For example, methuselah lives 14 years past the flood in the septuagint's genealogy, but he dies before the flood in the other geneologies The septuagint also adds over a thousand extra years to this geneology. Significantly, methuselah would be counted as the seventh patriarch
Considered the final elder patriarch before the flood and after adam, had the longest period of being the oldest patriarch
Old shem, the storyteller.by j Ben avraham old shem, the son of noah, son of methuselah, slowly made his way up the grassy hill which overlooked the wide expanse of the plains of shinar He would make this trip every day, after all, he had a lot to tell the youths At the top, he would.
Genesis 5:21, hebrews 11:5 rotherham Enoch was translated, so as not to see death (at that time), and was not found (by lamech who consequently, was unable to make good on his threat), because that, god, had translated him. After seven days.—said, in jewish tradition, to have been the seven days of mourning for methuselah, who died in the year of the flood God granted seven days' longer space for repentance
