Genesis 37:3

Now Jacob loved his son Joseph, who was born in his old age; and he made him a long robe with sleeves.

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In The King James Version

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.

In Context

2Joseph at the age of seventeen was a shepherd with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s slave wives. He brought a bad report about them to their father.

4When his brothers saw that their father loved Joseph more than all his other sons, they hated him and could not speak to him in a friendly manner.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:23Nevertheless, when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his long robe, the robe with sleeves;

Genesis 44:20And we said to you, ‘We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one. Since his brother is dead, he is the only son of his mother who is left; and his father loves him.’

John 13:22The disciples looked at one another, wondering whom he meant.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 37:2-5

The History of Joseph. ( b. c. 1729.) 1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. 2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report. 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. 4… Read the whole commentary →

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