b. Genesis 5:21. d. Genesis 5:27. Moses 8:2- 7 And it came to pass that Methuselah, the son of Enoch, was not taken, that the covenants of t he Lord might be fulfilled, which he made to Enoch; for he truly covenanted with Enoch that N oah should be of the fruit of his loins. And it came to pass that Methuselah prophesied that from his loins should spring all the king doms of the earth (through Noah), and he took glory unto himself. And there came forth a great famine into the land, and the Lord cursed the earth with a sor e curse, and many of the inhabitants thereof died. And it came to pass that Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and begat Lamec h; And Methuselah lived, after he begat Lamech, seven hundred and eighty-two years, and begat so ns and daughters; And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died.