"Thereupon the Ishmaelites departed in shame.Chapter 8 of tractate Sanhedrin in the Mishnah and Babylonian Talmud interpreted the laws of the wayward and rebellious son (, "ben sorer umoreh") in  A Baraita taught that there never was a "stubborn and rebellious son" and never would be, and that was written merely that we might study it and receive reward for the studying.