Motif
Tyrant oppresses a chosen community by killing male children
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A motif of the Miraculous Child and Sacred Birth family, within the sub-family Infant Killing, Dynastic Persecution, and Sparing. 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 16949-17067 confidence: high
Pharaoh's chiefs warn him about Moses and his people; Pharaoh says their male children will be slain, their females preserved alive, and that he will remain master over them.
Pharaoh announces that male children will be slain and females preserved alive, and the rescue from this affliction is later recalled.
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