The “servant,” it must be remembered, was a slave, but (as in such cases as Genesis 15:2; 2 Samuel 16:4) might succeed to the inheritan…

A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame.... — This was strikingly exhibited in the case of Ziba, who…

A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame , &c.] That does wicked and shameful actions: that is slothf…

The wise servant is more deserving, and more likely to be regarded as one of the family, than a profligate son.