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Selected Verse: Genesis 37:3 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ge 37:3 |
Strong Concordance |
Now Israel [03478] loved [0157] Joseph [03130] more than all his children [01121], because he was the son [01121] of his old age [02208]: and he made [06213] him a coat [03801] of many colours [06446]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
son of his old age--Benjamin being younger, was more the son of his old age and consequently on that ground might have been expected to be the favorite. Literally rendered, it is "son of old age to him"--Hebrew phrase, for "a wise son"--one who possessed observation and wisdom above his years--an old head on young shoulders.
made him a coat of many colors--formed in those early days by sewing together patches of colored cloth, and considered a dress of distinction (Jdg 5:30; Sa2 13:18). The passion for various colors still reigns among the Arabs and other people of the East, who are fond of dressing their children in this gaudy attire. But since the art of interweaving various patterns was introduced, "the coats of colors" are different now from what they seem to have been in patriarchal times, and bear a close resemblance to the varieties of tartan. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
He made him a coat of divers colours - Which probably was significant of farther honours intended him. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
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. It is no wonder that his brethren should envy him, when his father had thus made him such a distinguished object of his partial love. We have already seen some of the evils produced by this unwarrantable conduct of parents in preferring one child to all the rest. The old fable of the ape and her favorite cub, which she hugged to death through kindness, was directed against such foolish parental fondnesses as these. |
18 And she had a garment [03801] of divers colours [06446] upon her: for with such robes [04598] were the king's [04428] daughters [01323] that were virgins [01330] apparelled [03847]. Then his servant [08334] brought [03318] her out [02351], and bolted [05274] the door [01817] after [0310] her.
30 Have they not sped [04672]? have they not divided [02505] the prey [07998]; to every [07218] man [01397] a damsel [07356] or two [07361]; to Sisera [05516] a prey [07998] of divers colours [06648], a prey [07998] of divers colours [06648] of needlework [07553], of divers colours [06648] of needlework on both sides [07553], meet for the necks [06677] of them that take the spoil [07998]?