Commentary for Bava Batra 29:14

רבא אמר איוב בימי מרגלים היה כתיב הכא (איוב א, א) איש היה בארץ עוץ איוב שמו וכתיב התם (במדבר יג, כ) היש בה עץ מי דמי הכא עוץ התם עץ הכי קאמר להו משה לישראל ישנו לאותו אדם ששנותיו ארוכות כעץ ומגין על דורו כעץ

or with Joseph, in connection with whom it is written, Where [efo] they are pasturing?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XXXVII, 16. ');">²⁴</span> — This cannot be maintained; [The proof that Job was contemporary with Moses is that] it is written [in continuation of the above words of Job], Would that they were inscribed in a book, and it is Moses who is called 'inscriber', as it is written, And he chose the first part for himself, for there was the lawgiver's [mehokek, lit. 'inscriber's'] portion reserved.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXXIII, 21. ');">²⁵</span>

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