World English 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."
— Genesis 37:3, World English 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.”
“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. ”
“Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because he was a son born to him late in life, and he made a special tunic for him.”
“Now Israel loved Joseph above all his sons, because he had him in his old age: and he made him a coat of divers colours.”
“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.”
“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.”
Jacob lived in the land of his father's travels, in the land of Canaan.
This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.
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.
His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn't speak peaceably to him.
Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.
He said to them, "Please hear this dream which I have dreamed: