In the early days of the Old Testament, people often lived much longer than people of today. The first man, Adam, lived 930 years (Genesis 5:5). Genesis 5:27 mentions that a man named Methuselah lived 969 years (the oldest person mentioned in the Bible).
Genesis 5 also mentions a man named Enoch. He was the seventh generation from Adam (Jude 14) and was the father of Methuselah. Enoch...