Shall have him become his son at the last. — Confidential slaves sometimes rose to be the heirs of their master’s property. (See above on Proverbs 17:2.) But here the warning seems to be rather against spoiling a slave by over-indulgence, lest he at the last forget his position, just as old and petted servants are apt to become somewhat dictatorial.
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Proverbs 29:21
21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.