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 Jacob lived in the land of his father's travels, in the land of Canaan.

2 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.

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 His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn't speak peaceably to him.

5 Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all 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 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 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.