batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l20718-l20799
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record_id: batch.motif.islamic-koran-sale-gutenberg-l20718-l20799
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
passage_locator:
label: CHAPTER XI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XII. / IN THE
NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 20718-20799
start: '20718'
end: '20799'
translation: The Koran (Al-Qur'an)
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Joseph's brothers plead for Benjamin and return to Jacob with news of the
alleged theft. Jacob grieves for Joseph, sends them back to seek Joseph and his
brother, and Joseph reveals himself. The brothers confess their sin, Joseph forgives
them, sends his garment to heal Jacob's sight, and later receives Jacob and the
family in Egypt.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Joseph's brothers ask him to take one of them instead of the lad because the
lad has an aged father.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Joseph refuses to take anyone except the person with whom his goods were found,
saying that taking another would be unjust.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: After despairing of obtaining Benjamin, the brothers confer privately, and
the elder brother recalls a solemn promise made to their father in the name of
God.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The elder brother refuses to leave Egypt unless his father permits him or
God makes his will known.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The returning brothers tell their father that his son committed theft and
invite inquiry in the city and among the merchants.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Jacob accuses his sons of contrivance, chooses patience, and expresses hope
that God will restore all of them to him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Jacob turns away in grief for Joseph, and his eyes become white with mourning.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Jacob says he presents his grief and sorrow to God and knows from God what
his sons do not know.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Jacob commands his sons to inquire after Joseph and his brother and not to
despair of God's mercy.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: Joseph's brothers return to Egypt during famine and ask Joseph for full measure
and alms despite bringing only a small sum of money.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: Joseph asks whether they know what they did to Joseph and his brother when
ignorant of the consequences.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: Joseph identifies himself and his brother, attributes grace to God, and says
God does not let the reward of the righteous perish.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:13
text: The brothers acknowledge that God has chosen Joseph above them and confess
that they have been sinners.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:14
text: Joseph declares that no reproach will be cast on them that day and invokes
God's forgiveness and mercy.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:15
text: Joseph sends his inner garment to be thrown on his father's face so that Jacob
will recover his sight.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:16
text: Before the garment arrives, Jacob says he perceives the smell of Joseph.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:17
text: A messenger of good tidings throws Joseph's inner garment over Jacob's face,
and Jacob recovers his eyesight.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:18
text: The sons ask Jacob to seek pardon for their sins, and Jacob agrees to ask
pardon from his Lord.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:19
text: Jacob and his family arrive in Egypt, where Joseph receives his parents and
tells them to enter Egypt securely by God's favor.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Joseph
description: The figure addressed as noble lord in Egypt who refuses injustice,
reveals himself as Joseph, forgives his brothers, and receives his parents and
family.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:12
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Benjamin
description: Joseph's brother, described as the lad and the son retained in Egypt
after Joseph's goods were found with him.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Joseph's brethren
description: The brothers who plead for Benjamin, return to Jacob, later return
to Egypt, recognize Joseph, confess sin, and ask pardon.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:11
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: The elder brother
description: The elder among the brothers, identified in the note as possibly Reuben,
Simeon, or Judah, who recalls the solemn promise and refuses to depart Egypt without
permission or divine resolution.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Jacob / the aged father
description: The father of Joseph, Benjamin, and the brothers; he grieves for Joseph,
loses or weakens his sight, trusts God's knowledge, and later recovers his eyesight.
role_refs:
- role:8
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Messenger of good tidings
description: The bearer who comes with Joseph's inner garment and throws it over
Jacob's face.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: God
description: The divine figure invoked as forbidding injustice, best judge, knowing
and wise, merciful, gracious, and the source of knowledge and forgiveness.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:11
- ev:12
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Egyptian authority over the detained brother
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Joseph can accept or refuse the brothers' plea and controls the fate of Benjamin
in Egypt.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: Revealed lost brother
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Joseph discloses his identity to the brothers after questioning them about
their past deed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: Detained younger brother
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The brothers seek Benjamin's release after the goods are found with him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: Pleading brothers
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The brothers plead for substitution, later plead poverty and ask for full
measure and alms.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: Repentant wrongdoers
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: They confess that they have been sinners and later ask their father to seek
pardon for them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:11
- id: role:6
label: Forgiver
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Joseph says no reproach will be cast on the brothers and invokes God's forgiveness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:7
label: Keeper of the pledge
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The elder recalls the solemn promise and refuses to depart until released
by his father or by God's will.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:8
label: Grieving father
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Jacob mourns Joseph until his eyes become white with grief.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:9
label: Recipient of restored sight
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Jacob recovers eyesight when Joseph's inner garment is thrown over his face.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:10
label: Bearer of good tidings
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The messenger brings Joseph's inner garment and applies it to Jacob's face.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:11
label: Divine judge and merciful source of restoration
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: God is invoked as judge, merciful, gracious, knowing, and the one from whom
Joseph, Jacob, and the brothers seek justice, knowledge, and pardon.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Joseph's inner garment
literal_form: inner garment
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: sym:2
label: White eyes of mourning
literal_form: eyes become white with mourning
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: Smell of Joseph
literal_form: perceived smell of Joseph before the garment arrives
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:4
label: Solemn promise in God's name
literal_form: promise sworn to the father in the name of God
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: Egypt as place of reunion and security
literal_form: Egypt
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:12
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Plea for substitution and refusal
summary: The brothers ask Joseph to take one of them instead of Benjamin, but Joseph
refuses on grounds of justice.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Private counsel and unresolved pledge
summary: The brothers confer privately, and the elder brother recalls their oath
to their father and remains in Egypt.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Jacob's grief and instruction to search
summary: Jacob receives the brothers' report, suspects contrivance, grieves for
Joseph until his eyes become white, and sends the sons to seek Joseph and his
brother without despairing of God's mercy.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Return to Egypt in famine
summary: The brothers return to Joseph during famine and ask for full measure and
alms despite their small payment.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Joseph's recognition and forgiveness
summary: Joseph reveals his identity, the brothers confess sin, and Joseph forgives
them and invokes God's mercy.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:6
label: Garment sent and sight restored
summary: Joseph sends his inner garment to Jacob; Jacob perceives Joseph's smell,
and the messenger throws the garment over Jacob's face so that he recovers his
eyesight.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:7
label: Pardon and secure entry into Egypt
summary: The sons ask Jacob to seek pardon for them, and Jacob later arrives with
his family in Egypt, where Joseph receives his parents and promises secure entry
by God's favor.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Oath-bound responsibility for a family member
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: The elder brother recalls a solemn promise made to the father in God's name
and refuses to depart Egypt until released or until God resolves the matter.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage frames the promise within a family crisis rather than as a
formal collective covenant.
- id: motif:2
label: Grieving parent awaiting restoration of lost children
taxonomy_refs:
- return
basis: Jacob grieves for Joseph, hopes God will restore all the absent sons, and
sends the brothers to seek Joseph and his brother.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The restoration is hoped for before the recognition scene and becomes
explicit only in the later reunion.
- id: motif:3
label: Recognition of the hidden or lost brother
taxonomy_refs:
- return
basis: Joseph asks about the brothers' past deed and then reveals, 'I am Joseph;
and this is my brother.'
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is extracted only from this passage's recognition episode, not
from the wider Joseph narrative.
- id: motif:4
label: Repentance answered by forgiveness
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The brothers confess that they have sinned; Joseph answers that no reproach
will be cast on them and invokes God's forgiveness, and later Jacob agrees to
ask pardon for them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: No external penitential motif family is asserted beyond the passage.
- id: motif:5
label: Healing token from absent beloved son
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Joseph sends his inner garment to be placed on Jacob's face, and Jacob recovers
eyesight when the garment arrives.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The available symbol taxonomy does not include garment, healing token,
or sight restoration.
- id: motif:6
label: Divine mercy after patient endurance
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Jacob commends patience and hope in God's mercy, while Joseph states that
God rewards those who fear God and persevere with patience.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference to wisdom is broad; the passage more specifically
emphasizes patience, mercy, and righteous reward.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 20718-20724
quote_or_summary: The brothers ask Joseph to take one of them instead of the lad
because of his aged father; Joseph refuses to take anyone but the one with whom
the goods were found, calling any other action unjust.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 20725-20734
quote_or_summary: After the brothers despair of obtaining Benjamin, the elder brother
recalls their solemn promise to their father in God's name and their former treatment
of Joseph; he will not leave Egypt without permission or divine decision.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 20735-20745
quote_or_summary: The brothers report to their father that his son committed theft
and urge inquiry; Jacob suspects contrivance, chooses patience, and hopes God
will restore all of them.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 20746-20759
quote_or_summary: Jacob mourns Joseph until his eyes become white, says he presents
his grief to God and knows from God what the sons do not know, and orders them
to seek Joseph and his brother without despairing of God's mercy.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 20760-20765
quote_or_summary: The brothers return to Egypt during famine and ask Joseph for
full measure and alms despite bringing only a small sum of money.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 20781-20788
quote_or_summary: Joseph asks what they did to Joseph and his brother, identifies
himself, and says God has been gracious and rewards those who fear God and persevere.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 20789-20793
quote_or_summary: The brothers confess that God has chosen Joseph above them and
that they have sinned; Joseph answers that no reproach will be cast on them and
invokes God's forgiveness and mercy.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 20794-20796
quote_or_summary: Joseph tells them to depart with his inner garment and throw it
on his father's face so that he will recover sight, then bring the whole family.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 20797-20799
quote_or_summary: As the travellers leave Egypt for Canaan, Jacob says he perceives
the smell of Joseph, though others think he is mistaken.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 20799-20802
quote_or_summary: The messenger of good tidings arrives with Joseph's inner garment,
throws it over Jacob's face, and Jacob recovers his eyesight.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 20803-20807
quote_or_summary: The sons ask their father to seek pardon for their sins, and Jacob
says he will ask pardon of his Lord, who is gracious and merciful.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 20808-20811
quote_or_summary: Jacob and his family arrive in Egypt; Joseph receives his parents
and tells them to enter Egypt in security by God's favor.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/islamic/project-gutenberg/koran-sale.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied line range. Motif labels are candidate
abstractions from the passage; no external comparison claims are made.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
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