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"There be many servants nowadays that break away every man from his master. " / - 1 Samuel 25: 10
Nabal, says the Bible, was a churl. When David sent his men to request some provender, in return for services rendered, this ill-mannered sheep-farmer broke out, "Who is David? There be many servants nowadays that break away every man from his master. " It was a singularly rude and ungracious reply, all things considered. But it is not about Nabal's truculence I wish to speak. I want you to think about that phrase he used, and the tone in which it was said. "Nowadays. " The implication, of course, is that servants did not break away from their masters in his young days. Things were different in the times he could remember.