who is the oldest man in the bible and how old was he
Methuselah Methuselah (Hebrew: מְתוּשֶׁלַח‎ / מְתוּשָׁלַח‎, Modern Metušélaħ / Metušálaħ Tiberian Məṯûšélaḥ / Məṯûšālaḥ ; "Man of the dart/spear", or alternatively "his death shall bring judgment"[1]) is the man reported to have lived the longest at the age of 969 in the Hebrew Bible.[2] Extra-biblical tradition maintains that he died on the 11th of Cheshvan of the year 1656AM (Anno Mundi, after Creation), seven days before the beginning of the Great Flood.[3] Methuselah was the son of Enoch, the father of Lamech, and the grandfather of Noah.
Oldest people Since the death of 117-year-old Nabi Tajima of Japan on 21 April 2018, 117-year-old Chiyo Miyako of Japan, born 2 May 1901, is the oldest living person in the world whose age has been documented. Since the death of 113-year-old Francisco Núñez Olivera of Spain on 29 January 2018, 112-year-old Masazō Nonaka of Japan, born 25 July 1905, is the world's oldest living man.