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12 Bible Characters Who Did Great Things for God in Their Old Age David Sanford Crosswalk.com Contributing Writer Early in our marriage, Renée and I invested a lot of time with women and men in their 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. One of our dear friends lived to be 101. Another lived to be 106. These two (and many others) showed us how to enjoy life to the full until the very end. Over the past four decades, Renée and I have actively sought to model our lives after theirs…and after the lives of their favorite Bible characters. So, who were their favorite Bible characters? We’ll begin with Adam, Enoch, and Noah…and end with Simeon, Anna, and John. Photo Credit: ©GettyImages/monkeybusinessimages 1. Adam Enjoyed a Lifetime Loving Eve and Loving the Lord Adam lived to be 930 years old ( Genesis 5:5 ). Over the next nine generations, only three of his descendants lived longer: Enoch’s father Jared (962), Enoch’s son Methuselah (969), and Methuselah’s g
