Which was the son of Mathusala,.... The same with Methuselah; and so he is called by the Septuagint in Gen 5:25 which was the son of Enoch, Gen 5:21 which was the son of Jared Gen 5:18, which was the son of Maleleel; the same with Mahalaleel; who is also so called by the seventy interpreters, in Gen 5:15 as here; which was the son of Cainan, Gen 5:12.