In the Hebrew Bible Jacob’s favoritism of Joseph over the rest of his sons is more obvious. Only in the Hebrew Bible does Joseph tells a dream to his brothers which enrages them with even more hatred. “And he says to them, Listen, pray, and, look, my arose and actually stood up, and, look, your sheaves drew round and bowed to my sheaves” (Puchner 180). This made Josephs brother grow more envious, “and they hated him all the more for his dreams and his words” (Puchner 180). One might understand the brothers’ jealousy because of the obvious favoritism. While in the Qur’an the favoritism is nearly assumed, or one might think because of the missing details. The Qur’an gets to the point faster than the Hebrew bible. In the Hebrew Bible the story builds up to the moment when they plot to get rid of Joseph, but in the Qur’an the scheme takes place right in the
In the Hebrew Bible Jacob’s favoritism of Joseph over the rest of his sons is more obvious. Only in the Hebrew Bible does Joseph tells a dream to his brothers which enrages them with even more hatred. “And he says to them, Listen, pray, and, look, my arose and actually stood up, and, look, your sheaves drew round and bowed to my sheaves” (Puchner 180). This made Josephs brother grow more envious, “and they hated him all the more for his dreams and his words” (Puchner 180). One might understand the brothers’ jealousy because of the obvious favoritism. While in the Qur’an the favoritism is nearly assumed, or one might think because of the missing details. The Qur’an gets to the point faster than the Hebrew bible. In the Hebrew Bible the story builds up to the moment when they plot to get rid of Joseph, but in the Qur’an the scheme takes place right in the