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.


In Context

1 And Jacob dwelt in the land in which his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren, and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought to his father their evil report.

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 colors.

4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.

5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

37:3And 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.

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 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.