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In the story, a man had two sons.  The younger demanded his share of his future inheritance immediately, whereupon the father divided it between his two sons.<ref>Under Jewish custom, an inheritance was divided into X + 1 shares, where X is the number of male heirs greater than one; the oldest male heir is given an extra share, as he would be responsible for the care of his now widowed mother.</ref>

In the story, a man had two sons.  The younger demanded his share of his future inheritance immediately, whereupon the father divided it between his two sons.<ref>Under Jewish custom, an inheritance was divided into X + 1 shares, where X is the number of male heirs greater than one; the oldest male heir is given an extra share, as he would be responsible for the care of his now widowed mother.</ref>

The younger son leaves the estate and goes into a far country, wasting his entire inheritance on sinful pleasures,<ref>Translated by  and immediately thereafter a famine hits the land.  The son is forced into working for a man, feeding pigs<ref>Pigs are unclean animals in Jewish law; thus making his profession equivalent to "hitting rock bottom".</ref> yet still so famished that he wanted to eat what the pigs were eating.

The younger son leaves the estate and goes into a far country, wasting his entire inheritance on sinful pleasures,<ref>Sometimes, but rarely, translated as "prodigally" consistent with the name of this [[parable]].</ref> and immediately thereafter a famine hits the land.  The son is forced into working for a man, feeding pigs<ref>Pigs are unclean animals in Jewish law; thus making his profession equivalent to "hitting rock bottom".</ref> yet still so famished that he wanted to eat what the pigs were eating.

Eventually coming to his senses, he decides on a final, desperate act: he would return to his father, admit his wrong and his unworthiness to be called his son, and beg to be hired as a servant.  But '''''while he was still a long way from home''''', his father sees him and runs to him<ref>In Jewish culture, fathers did not run to their children.</ref> and before the son can finish his prepared speech, the father embraces him and calls for a celebration with the "fatted calf" as the main course (saying his son was dead, and has come back to life).

Eventually coming to his senses, he decides on a final, desperate act: he would return to his father, admit his wrong and his unworthiness to be called his son, and beg to be hired as a servant.  But '''''while he was still a long way from home''''', his father sees him and runs to him<ref>In Jewish culture, fathers did not run to their children.</ref> and before the son can finish his prepared speech, the father embraces him and calls for a celebration with the "fatted calf" as the main course (saying his son was dead, and has come back to life).