On what basis did Sufyān reject Jābir’s particular interpretation?

Narrator Criticism: Al-Mughīrah b. Saʿīd, Shaqīq and Jābir al-Juʿfī

• Sufyān’s objection concerned belief alone, unrelated to the verse’s context
• The verse has a definite narrative context involving Yūsuf’s brothers
• Sufyān made no distinction between general lessons and special predictions
• The historical referent of the verse cannot be identified