He who deals tenderly With his servant from youth, Has him as a son in the end.
And Aḇram said, “See, You have given me no seed, and see, one born in my house is my heir!”
A rod and reproof give wisdom, But a child unrestrained brings shame to his mother.
Have you seen a man hasty in his words? There is more expectancy for a fool than for him.
A man of displeasure stirs up strife, And a master of rage has many a transgression.
Under a hated woman who marries, And a female servant who supplants her mistress.
“And the manager said within himself, ‘What shall I do? For my master is taking the managership away from me. I am unable to dig, I am ashamed to beg.
And a certain captain’s servant, who was valuable to him, was sick and about to die.
But she who is living in luxury is dead while she lives.