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Berean Standard Bible

“So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.”

Genesis 5:27

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Genesis 5 is a genealogy from Adam to Noah, repeating the pattern that each man lived and then died. Methuselah is the longest-lived person recorded.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.

World English Bible (WEB)

All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, then he died.

King James Version (KJV)

And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

American Standard Version (ASV)

And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And all the years of Methuselah's life were nine hundred and sixty-nine: and he came to his end.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Fueron, pues, todos los días de Mathusalam, novecientos sesenta y nueve años; y murió.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Matusalén tenía ciento ochenta y siete años cuando nació su hijo Lamec. Después de esto, vivió setecientos ochenta y dos años, tuvo hijos e hijas, y murió a los novecientos sesenta y nueve años de edad.

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