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.
KJV
Israël autem diligebat Joseph super omnes filios suos, eo quod in senectute genuisset eum : fecitque ei tunicam polymitam.
Vulgate
Ἰακὼβ δὲ ἠγάπα τὸν Ἰωσὴφ παρὰ πάντας τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ, ὅτι υἱὸς γήρους ἦν αὐτῷ· ἐποίησεν δὲ αὐτῷ χιτῶνα ποικίλον.
LXX
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.
ASV
וְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אָהַ֤ב אֶת יוֹסֵף֙ מִ/כָּל בָּנָ֔י/ו כִּֽי בֶן זְקֻנִ֥ים ה֖וּא ל֑/וֹ וְ/עָ֥שָׂה ל֖/וֹ כְּתֹ֥נֶת פַּסִּֽים
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Cross-references
- 2Sam 13:18 — And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king’s daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
- Gen 37:23 — And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
- Gen 37:31 — And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
- Gen 37:32 — And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son’s coat or no.
- Gen 44:20 — And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
- John 3:35 — The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
- Prov 18:19 — A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.