Q: Passage: Methuselah (Hebrew: מְתוּשֶׁלַח ‎ / מְתוּשָׁלַח ‎, Modern Metušélaħ / Metušálaħ Tiberian Məṯûšélaḥ / Məṯûšālaḥ; "Man of the dart / spear", or alternatively "his death shall bring judgment") is the man reported to have lived the longest at the age of 969 in the Hebrew Bible. 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. Methuselah was the son of Enoch, the father of Lamech, and the grandfather of Noah.\n\nQuestion: Based on this passage, who is the oldest man that ever lived in the bible?
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To answer the above question, the relevant sentence is: Methuselah (Hebrew: מְתוּשֶׁלַח ‎ / מְתוּשָׁלַח ‎, Modern Metušélaħ / Metušálaħ Tiberian Məṯûšélaḥ / Məṯûšālaḥ; "Man of the dart / spear", or alternatively "his death shall bring judgment") is the man reported to have lived the longest at the age of 969 in the Hebrew Bible. So the answer is Methuselah.
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