Genesis 37:3 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 37:3

Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons, because Joseph had been born to him in his old age; so he made him a robe of many colors.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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 colours.

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

On Joseph the Patriarch (397)

And so we are taught the proper nature of parental love and filial gratitude. It is pleasant to love one's children and very pleasant to love them exceedingly, but often even parental love does harm to the children unless it is practiced with restraint; for it may give the beloved child free rein out of excessive indulgence or, by preference shown to one child, may alienate the others from the spirit of brotherly love. That son gains more who gains the love of his brothers.

The record, by era

The Reformation1 voice

John Calvin

1509–1564

Commentaries (1554)

But it was not surprising that the boy should be a great favorite with his aged father, for so it is wont to happen: and no just ground is here given for envy; seeing that sons of a more robust age, by the dictate of nature, might well concede such a point.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

A coat of many colors - כתנת פסים kethoneth passim, a coat made up of stripes of differently colored cloth. Similar to this was the toga praetexta of the Roman youth, which was white, striped or fringed with purple; this they wore till they were seventeen years of age, when they changed it for the toga virilis, or toga pura, which was all white. Such vestures as clothing of distinction are worn all over Persia, India, and China to the present day.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל	ve.Yis.ra.'El	and Israel	H3478 →
אָהַ֤ב	'a.Hav	he loved	H157 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יוֹסֵף֙	yo.Sef	Joseph	H3130 →
מִכָּל־	mi.kol	more than all	H3605 →
בָּנָ֔יו	ba.Nav	sons his	H1121 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
בֶן־	ven-	[was] a son of	H1121 →
זְקֻנִ֥ים	ze.ku.Nim	old age<s>	H2208 →
ה֖וּא	hu'	he	H1931 →
ל֑וֹ	lo	for <the> him
וְעָ֥שָׂה	ve.'A.sah	and he made	H6213 →
ל֖וֹ	lo	for <the> him
כְּתֹ֥נֶת	ke.To.net	a long garment of	H3801 →
פַּסִּֽים׃	pa.Sim	palms and soles	H6446 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 3:35
The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
leads to
- Matthew 28:18
  Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
- Luke 10:22
  All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to…
- John 5:20
  The Father loves the Son and shows Him all He does. And to your amazement, He will show Him even greater works than these.
- John 5:22
  Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,
- Matthew 11:27
  All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses…
Through
2 Samuel 13:18
So Amnon’s attendant threw her out and bolted the door behind her. Now Tamar was wearing a robe of many colors, because this is what the king’s virgin daughters wore.
leads to
- Judges 5:30
  ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil—a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’
Through
Genesis 37:23
So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—
leads to
- Genesis 37:31–33
  Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.
- Matthew 27:28
  They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.