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She was a pious, beautiful woman
who was loved dearly by her hus-
band,
Nabi
Ya‘qub [a].
Of all the children
Nabi
Ya’qub [a]
was blessed with, he was most fond
of Yusuf. Not only was Yusuf the
most handsome and intelligent, but
he was the most pious and well
mannered of them all. Ya’qub [a]
loved little Yusuf so much that his
elder brothers became very, very
jealous. Not only did they hate that
Yusuf enjoyed more of their fathers
love and attention, but they feared
that one day Yusuf would be given
preference over them all and made
the ruler and king of the tribes.
Nabi
Ya’qub [a] knew of the jeal-
ousy of the brothers towards Yusuf.
He feared that they would harm
him. Therefore he kept Yusuf away
from his elder brothers and allowed
Yusuf to play only with Binyamin,
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extremely
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privileged
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bore
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attention
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