3 And so he gave to each a share of his great wealth, and bade them go their way.
4 The eldest son was full of self; he was ambitious, shrewd and quick of thought.
5 He said within himself, I am the oldest son, and these, my brothers, must be servants at my feet,
6 And then he called his brothers forth; and one he made a puppet king; gave him a sword and charged him to defend the whole estate.
7 To one he gave the use of lands and flowing wells, and flocks and herds, and bade him till the soil, and tend the flocks and herds and bring to him the choicest of his gains.
8 And to the other one he said, You are the youngest son; the broad estate has been assigned; you have no part nor lot in anything that is.
9 And then he took a chain and bound his brother to a naked rock upon a desert plain, and said to him,
10 You have been born a slave; you have no rights, and you must be contented with your lot, for there is no release for you until you die and go from hence.
11 Now, after certain years the day of reckoning came; the nobleman called up his sons to render their accounts.
12 And when he knew that one, his eldest son, had seized the whole estate and made his brothers slaves,