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Genesis 37:3

NETBible	Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons¹ because he was a son born to him late in life,² and he made a special³ tunic for him.
NIV © biblegateway Gen 37:3	Now 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.
NASB © biblegateway Gen 37:3	Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a varicolored tunic.
NLT © biblegateway Gen 37:3	Now Jacob loved Joseph more than any of his other children because Joseph had been born to him in his old age. So one day he gave Joseph a special gift––a beautiful robe.
MSG © biblegateway Gen 37:3	Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons because he was the child of his old age. And he made him an elaborately embroidered coat.
BBE © SABDAweb Gen 37:3	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.
NRSV © bibleoremus Gen 37:3	Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he had made him a long robe with sleeves.
NKJV © biblegateway Gen 37:3	Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age. Also he made him a tunic of many colors.
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KJV	Now Israel <03478> loved <0157> (8804) Joseph <03130> more than all his children <01121>_, because he [was] the son <01121> of his old age <02208>_: and he made <06213> (8804) him a coat <03801> of [many] colours <06446>_. {colours: or, pieces}
NASB © biblegateway Gen 37:3	Now Israel <03478> loved <0157> Joseph <03130> more <04480> than <04480> all <03605> his sons <01121> , because <03588> he was the son <01121> of his old <02208> age <02208> ; and he made <06213> him a varicolored <06446> tunic <03801> .
LXXM	iakwb <2384> N-PRI de <1161> PRT hgapa <25> V-IAI-3S ton <3588> T-ASM iwshf <2501> N-PRI para <3844> PREP pantav <3956> A-APM touv <3588> T-APM uiouv <5207> N-APM autou <846> D-GSM oti <3754> CONJ uiov <5207> N-NSM ghrouv <1094> N-GSN hn <1510> V-IAI-3S autw <846> D-DSM epoihsen <4160> V-AAI-3S de <1161> PRT autw <846> D-DSM citwna <5509> N-ASM poikilon <4164> A-ASM
NET [draft] ITL	Now Israel <03478> loved <0157> Joseph <03130> more than all <03605> his sons <01121> because <03588> he was a son <01121> born to him late in life <02208> , and he <01931> made <06213> a special <06446> tunic <03801> for him.
HEBREW	Myop <06446> tntk <03801> wl <0> hvew <06213> wl <0> awh <01931> Mynqz <02208> Nb <01121> yk <03588> wynb <01121> lkm <03605> Powy <03130> ta <0853> bha <0157> larvyw (37:3) <03478>

NETBible

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons¹ because he was a son born to him late in life,² and he made a special³ tunic for him.

NET Notes

¹tn The disjunctive clause provides supplemental information vital to the story. It explains in part the brothers’ animosity toward Joseph.

¹sn The statement Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons brings forward a motif that played an important role in the family of Isaac – parental favoritism. Jacob surely knew what that had done to him and his brother Esau, and to his own family. But now he showers affection on Rachel’s son Joseph.

²tn Heb “a son of old age was he to him.” This expression means “a son born to him when he [i.e., Jacob] was old.”

³tn It is not clear what this tunic was like, because the meaning of the Hebrew word that describes it is uncertain. The idea that it was a coat of many colors comes from the Greek translation of the OT. An examination of cognate terms in Semitic suggests it was either a coat or tunic with long sleeves (cf. NEB, NRSV), or a tunic that was richly embroidered (cf. NIV). It set Joseph apart as the favored one.