And they were, with luxury, insisting, meaning they were establishing and continuing in the way of renewal, due to their natural inclination towards that, upon sin, meaning the wrongdoing. From this is their saying: 'The boy has reached the sin,' meaning the maturity which is the time of being held accountable for sin. And sin is also used for lying, inclination towards falsehoods, the false oath, and breaking the confirmed covenant. And since that may be from what is customary, which is excusable due to being small or in a short time, he said: 'the great,' indicating that they take lightly the great matters of the abominations and the heinous acts.