Motif
jealous siblings plot against a favored brother
jealous_siblings_plot_against_a_favored_brother
A motif of the Sacred Twins and Sibling Pairs family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 13289-13435 confidence: high
Joseph’s brothers complain that Joseph and his brother are more loved by their father, discuss slaying or removing Joseph, and one says to cast him to the bottom of the well so wayfarers will take him.
The brothers identify Joseph as more loved by their father and plot to kill, banish, or cast him into the well.
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