My first stop was to see Methuselah who now stands about twelve feet tall and is guarded by a metal railing. Yes, Methuselah is a tree – a date tree (Phoenix dactylifera) – to be more specific. But, why the name Methuselah?
Well, Methuselah is a recently grown tree from a 1,900 year old seed and it turns out that he really is a male. Date palms are dioecious, meaning that the tree is either male o female although its identity cannot be established until the tree reaches reproductive maturity.
This should definitely be in the second book!! Beast wishes for a wonderful, blessed 5782!
HI, could you please explain more on “If you want to see Methuselah, he is living on a kibbutz in southern Israel! Isn’t Methuselah the longest lived person named in the Bible at 969 years? And wouldn’t he have died a long time ago? Well, yes. All that is true but on our last trip to Israel we went expressly to Kibbutz Ketura just to visit him.”. Many thanks. I have bookmarked your website for future use.
I am not sure about your question since the answer is further on in the article. Could you be more specific?