Motif
sibling plot to kill or banish the favored brother
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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
islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER XI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 20113-20209 confidence: high
Joseph's brothers say Joseph and his brother are dearer to their father than they are, then propose slaying Joseph or driving him to a distant or desert place so their father's face will be cleared toward them.
The brothers propose slaying Joseph or driving him into a distant or desert region so that Jacob's attention will turn to them.
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