Genesis 37:3
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“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.”
כְּתֹנֶת
A coat, a long garment. Kethoneth. Jacob gave Joseph a coat of many colours. The coat of favour became the coat of suffering before the coat of glory came.
אָהַב
Loved
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אָהַב
To love, to like, to delight in. Ahav. A warm personal affection. God loved Israel with ahav. He chose you before you chose Him.
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בֵּן
sons/ his
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בֵּן
Son. Ben. A son with full rights. You are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Full rights. Full access. Full inheritance.
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יוֹסֵף
Joseph
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יוֹסֵף
Joseph, may he add. Yowseph. From the root to add or increase. What looks like subtraction is often God's addition in disguise.
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פַּס
palms and soles
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פַּס
a long and sleeved tunic (perhaps simply a wide one; from the original sense of the root, i.e. of many breadths)
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זָקֻן
old ages
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זָקֻן
old age
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