And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.
And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and entreated him. As it is the older brother who now errs, so it is the same paternal compassion which had fallen on the neck of the younger that comes forth and pleads with the older. "Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him" (Psalms 103:13).