Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

favored child and sibling hostility

favored_child_and_sibling_hostility

A motif of the Sacred Twins and Sibling Pairs family, within the sub-family Favored Child Persecuted by Siblings. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


jewish christian

  • Genesis Chapter 35 / Footnotes / Chapter 36 / Chapter 37; lines 2439-2511 confidence: high

    Jacob lives in Canaan; Joseph, aged seventeen, tends flock and reports on brothers; Israel loves Joseph more and gives him a many-colored tunic; the brothers hate him.

    Joseph receives greater love and a special tunic; his brothers hate and envy him.

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