Soon they came to the history of Adam; and Moses stayed from reading when he arrived at the Fall, and he cried bitterly, “O Adam, thou hast brought death into the world!”
Aaron said, “Why art thou so troubled thereat, my brother? Is not death the way to Eden?”
“It is however very painful. Think also that both thou and I must some day die. How many years thinkest thou we shall live?”
Aaron.—“Perhaps twenty.”
Moses.—“Oh no! not so many.”
Aaron.—“Then fifteen.”
Moses.—“No, my brother, not so many.”
Aaron.—“Then ten years.”
Moses.—“No, not so many.”
Aaron.—“Then surely it must be five.”