Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'methuselah' occurs 15 times in the standard works.

12 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'methuselah' in the standard works and contain 80% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 5:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

 5:25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

 5:26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:

 5:27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.





Moses 8:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

 8:5 And it came to pass that Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and begat Lamech;

 8:6 And Methuselah lived, after he begat Lamech, seven hundred and eighty-two years, and begat sons and daughters;

 8:7 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.





Gen. 5:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

 5:21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:

 5:22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:





D&C 107:52-53 (2 in 2 verses)

 107:52 Noah was ten years old when he was ordained under the hand of Methuselah.

 107:53 Three years previous to the death of Adam, he called Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Enoch, and Methuselah, who were all high priests, with the residue of his posterity who were righteous, into the valley of Adam-ondi-Ahman, and there bestowed upon them his last blessing.





Moses 8:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

 8:2 And it came to pass that Methuselah, the son of Enoch, was not taken, that the covenants of the Lord might be fulfilled, which he made to Enoch; for he truly covenanted with Enoch that Noah should be of the fruit of his loins.

 8:3 And it came to pass that Methuselah prophesied that from his loins should spring all the kingdoms of the earth (through Noah), and he took glory unto himself.




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Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 6 0 6
NT 0 0 0
BM 0 0 0
DC 3 0 3
PGP 6 0 6
TOTAL 15 0 15

Gen. 5:21
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:

Gen. 5:22
And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

Gen. 5:25
And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

Gen. 5:26
And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:

Gen. 5:27
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

1 Chr. 1:3
Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

D&C 107:50
Methuselah was one hundred years old when he was ordained under the hand of Adam.

D&C 107:52
Noah was ten years old when he was ordained under the hand of Methuselah.

D&C 107:53
Three years previous to the death of Adam, he called Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Enoch, and Methuselah, who were all high priests, with the residue of his posterity who were righteous, into the valley of Adam-ondi-Ahman, and there bestowed upon them his last blessing.

Moses 6:25
And Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begat Methuselah.

Moses 8:2
And it came to pass that Methuselah, the son of Enoch, was not taken, that the covenants of the Lord might be fulfilled, which he made to Enoch; for he truly covenanted with Enoch that Noah should be of the fruit of his loins.

Moses 8:3
And it came to pass that Methuselah prophesied that from his loins should spring all the kingdoms of the earth (through Noah), and he took glory unto himself.

Moses 8:5
And it came to pass that Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and begat Lamech;

Moses 8:6
And Methuselah lived, after he begat Lamech, seven hundred and eighty-two years, and begat sons and daughters;

Moses 8:7
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.