Methuselah Bible Study Guide

Teaching prompt

What does it tell us that the longest-lived person in scripture dies the year of the Flood?

Reflection

Where might God's patience in your life be inviting repentance rather than confirming complacency?

Discussion questions

1. Genesis 5:21-27: How long does Methuselah live, and whose son is he?
2. 2 Peter 3:9: How does Peter describe God's seeming slowness?
3. Genesis 6:3 alongside Methuselah's lifespan — what does that suggest about God's timing?

Scripture

• Genesis 5:25-27