and all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
And all the days of Methuselah are nine hundred and sixty and nine years, and he dieth.
And all the days of Methushelah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years; and he died.
Genesis — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
G E N E S I S CHAP. V. This chapter is the only authentic history extant of the first age of the world from the creation to the flood, containing (according to the verity of the Hebrew text) 1656 years, as may easily be computed by the ages of…