v. 2. A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, the degenerate, profligate heir of the house, who squanders his fortune, becoming poor to the point of enforced servitude, while the former slave, through diligence and thrift, would become master, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren, that is, having squandered his own patrimony, the foolish son, though the firstborn, would be obliged to divide the inheritance among the other heirs, while he himself receives not another cent.
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Proverbs 17:2
2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.