Genesis 37:3
“Now Israel loued Ioseph more then all his children, because he was the sonne of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.”
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Genesis 37:3 Context
1And Iacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. 2These are the generations of Iacob: Ioseph being seuenteene yeeres old, was feeding the flocke with his brethren, and the lad was with the sonnes of Bilhah, and with the sonnes of Zilpah, his fathers wiues: and Ioseph brought vnto his father their euill report. 3Now Israel loued Ioseph more then all his children, because he was the sonne of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. 4And when his brethren saw that their father loued him more then all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speake peaceably vnto him. 5¶ And Ioseph dreamed a dreame, and he told it his brethren, and they hated him yet the more.
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Other Translations for Genesis 37:3
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.
- King James Version
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a varicolored tunic.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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 colors.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Now the love which Israel had for Joseph was greater than his love for all his other children, because he got him when he was an old man: and he had a long coat made for him.
- Basic English Bible
And Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was son of his old age; and he made him a vest of many colours.
- Darby Bible
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 colors.
- Webster's Bible
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 colors.
- World English Bible
And Israel hath loved Joseph more than any of his sons, for he [is] a son of his old age, and hath made for him a long coat;
- Youngs Literal Bible
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.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Genesis 37:3
37:3 He made him a coat of divers colours - Which probably was significant of farther honours intended him.