Subverted, I don't think "how far he fell" is literal, I think it means they believe he fell into sin. If the brother is in fact supposed to be dead, it would be at the father's hands (beating his brains in with a hammer).
Subverted, I don't think "how far he fell" is literal, I think it means they believe he fell into sin. If the brother is in fact supposed to be dead, it would be at the father's hands (beating his brains in with a hammer).