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.
Highlighted
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 3. Old age, and therefore expected to have no more children; but he loved him still more, on account of his innocent and sweet behaviour ( Menochius.): in which sense the Sam. Chal. and so forth have, “because he was a wise and prudent boy.”—Colours. The nations of the East delight in gaudy attire, “hanging down to the heels” as the original passim is sometimes expressed, talaris & polymita, verse 3. Calmet.
Private to this browser.