Bible Person
Meaning: who demands his death · Male · 1 cross reference
Methusael is a descendant in Cain's line, the son of Mehujael and father of Lamech in Genesis 4:18. He belongs to the early human world where culture, violence, and family lines develop together outside Eden. First appears in Gen 4:18.1
Name meaning
who demands his death
Identity
male
First appears
Gen 4:18
AI summary: Methusael matters because his single cross reference helps trace the growing line of Cain across the generations before the flood. The entry contributes to Genesis' picture of humanity multiplying and organizing itself even while estranged from God. Taken together, the material presents Methusael as an ancestral figure in Cain's lineage.1
Central Figure
Methusael
Meaning: who demands his death
Champion of El; man of God, a descendant of Cain (Gen.
Children
Name meaning
who demands his death
Identity
male
Champion of El; man of God, a descendant of Cain (Gen. 4:18), so called, perhaps, to denote that even among the descendants of Cain God had not left himself without a witness. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.