Oldest Man

We are studying the old testament in Sunday school. We were talking about Noah and I had a question about his father (Lamech) and why he wasn't on the Ark. Well it turns out that his father died several years before the flood but his grandfather, Methuselah lived right up until the flood . Our scriptures tell us Methuselah was a righteous prophet. According to Chapter 5 of the Book of Jasher (a Jewish midrash), Methuselah helped Noah try to convince people to repent for 120 yrs before the flood and Methuselah was promised not to parish with the unrighteous by flood. The rains started the year he passed away. I thought that was interesting.

Methuselah

There is more in the Book of Jasher that is in harmony with our Book of Abraham.