3And 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.


In Context

1 And Jacob dwelt in the land where his father sojourned in the land of Canaan.

2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, fed the flock with his brethren; and he was doing service with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought to his father an evil report of them.

3 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.

4 And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, and they hated him, and could not greet him with friendliness.

5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and told it to his brethren, and they hated him yet the more.

Genesis 37:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

37:3Now 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

37:3Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made a richly ornamented robe for him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

37:3Now Israel loved Joseph above all his sons, because he had him in his old age: and he made him a coat of divers colours.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

37:3Now 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

37:3Now 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:3Now 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:3Now 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

37:3And 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

37:3Now 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.