Commentary for Proverbs 29:15
שֵׁ֣בֶט וְ֭תוֹכַחַת יִתֵּ֣ן חָכְמָ֑ה וְנַ֥עַר מְ֝שֻׁלָּ֗ח מֵבִ֥ישׁ אִמּֽוֹ׃
The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.
Rashi on Proverbs
but a child left free Whom his father set free to follow the dictates of his heart, ultimately... brings shame to his mother This is Ishmael; since he was wicked, he brought about that Sarah should say to Abraham (Gen. 21:10): “Expel this bondwoman and her son.”
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