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Now Yisroel loved Yosef more than all his children, because he was the ben zekunim (the son of his old age); and he made him a kesones passim (ketonet [tunic] reaching to palms and soles, [see Messianic significance Yn 19:23 OJBC]).

And when his achim saw that Avihem loved him more than all his achim, they hated him, and could not speak with shalom unto him.

And Yosef dreamed a chalom (dream [see Mt 2:22 OJBC]), and he told it to his achim; and they hated him yet the more.

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Now Israel(A) loved Joseph more than any of his other sons,(B) because he had been born to him in his old age;(C) and he made an ornate[a] robe(D) for him.(E) When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him(F) and could not speak a kind word to him.

Joseph had a dream,(G) and when he told it to his brothers,(H) they hated him all the more.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 37:3 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain; also in verses 23 and 32.