‘Look! You can see the man is crazy,’ Achish said to his servants. ‘Why did you bring him to me?
Surely, the practice of extortion turns a wise person into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the mind.
so he pretended to be insane in their presence. He acted like a madman around them, scribbling on the doors of the city gate and letting saliva run down his beard.
Do I have such a shortage of crazy people that you brought this one to act crazy around me? Is this one going to come into my house? ’