The statement that they made cloth is interesting in that it comes as part of a description of wealth and abundance. The surprise is that the making of clothing would also be part of even the worst of times. Since the making of clothing is a cottage industry in pre-industrial societies, every home would make clothing, and there should be nothing unusual to note. This reference must therefore mean that they were able to make cloth in quantities greater than that needed for the family, and that the cloth entered into the trade relations, and thus was a medium of exchange and a medium through which wealth might be accumulated.