muthusla is the oldest person ever lived is he died befor his father how is that so?

Answer 1

Today some maintain that the unusually high longevity of Biblical patriarchs are the result of an error in translation: lunar cycles were mistaken for the solar ones, and the actual ages are 13.5 times less. This gives 72 years for Methuselah, which is still an impressive number, bearing in mind the life expectancy of these times. This theory however, seems doubtful to others since patriarchs such as Mahalalel (5:15) and Enoch (5:21) were said to have become fathers after 65 "years." If the lunar cycle theory were accepted this would translate to an age of about 4 and 10 months.

Answer 2

He didn't die before his father. Unless you consider that Enoch didn't actually die, he was taken up.

Enoch was 65 when he had Methuselah, then lived another 300 yrs, and was taken into heaven.

Methuselah lived 969 years. Much, much longer than his father.

Guess it all depends how you look at it, if you mean "lived on the Earth"...then Methuselah would be the oldest.

Answer 3

Artificial insemnation.