Begetting fool

Begetting fool

He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy (Proverbs 17:21).

The words for "fool" in the two clauses are different. Here it is kesil, which implies bold, self-confident folly, the worst form of the vies; in the second hemistich it is nabal, which rather denotes dullness and stupidity, a want of mental power (Pulpit commentary).

A man begets a child, who may turn out to be a fool. And then he would find no joy in his foolish child. A child becomes a fool not by birth but by the environment in which the child is brought up. It is for the parents to create such environment for the child to grow. If the father is a wicked person, his son will also become wicked. The child imbibes the character of his/her parents.

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