who was the oldest man in the bible and how old was he
Methuselah Methuselah (Hebrew: מְתוּשֶׁלַח‬, Methushelah "Man of the dart/spear", or alternatively "his death shall bring judgment"[1]) is a biblical patriarch and a figure in Judaism and Christianity. He was said to have lived the longest of all characters mentioned in the Torah at the age of 969.[2] Methuselah was the son of Enoch, the father of Lamech, and the grandfather of Noah.
Joseph (Genesis) Joseph (/ˈdʒoʊzɪf, -sɪf/; Hebrew: יוֹסֵף‬ meaning "Increase",[2] Standard Yosef Tiberian Yôsēp̄; Arabic: يوسف‎ Yūsuf or Yūsif; Ancient Greek: Ἰωσήφ Iōsēph) is an important figure in the Bible's Book of Genesis. Sold into slavery by his jealous brothers, he rose to become vizier, the second most powerful man in Egypt next to Pharaoh, where his presence and office caused Israel to leave Canaan and settle in Egypt. The composition of the story can be dated to the period between the 7th century BCE and the third quarter of the 5th century BCE, which is roughly the period to which scholars date the Book of Genesis.[3]