By his day, living to that age was evidently considered unusual, for he wrote: “In themselves the days of our years are seventy years; and... because of special mightiness they are eighty years. ”
Noil päevil peeti sellisesse ikka jõudmist tõenäoliselt ebatavaliseks, sest Mooses ise kirjutas: „Meie elupäevi on seitsekümmend aastat, ja kui keegi on tugev, kaheksakümmend aastat ”.