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Genesis 37:3 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a tunic of many colors. "

Genesis 37:3

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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 tunic 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.

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