Motif
Miraculous provision for Abraham’s household
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A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Healing and Provision. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER III. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER IV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD; lines 13194-13265 confidence: medium
A note explains Abraham as Friend of God: during famine servants fail to get corn from a friend in Egypt, fill sacks with white sand, Sarah finds flour and makes bread, and Abraham says it came from God Almighty.
In Sale’s note, sacks filled with sand are found by Sarah as flour, and Abraham attributes the bread to God Almighty.
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