Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was (A)the son of his old age. Also he (B)made him a tunic of many colors. But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they (C)hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.

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Now Israel(A) loved Joseph more than any of his other sons,(B) because he had been born to him in his old age;(C) and he made an ornate[a] robe(D) for him.(E) When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him(F) and could not speak a kind word to him.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 37:3 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain; also in verses 23 and 32.