Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons because Joseph was a son born to him in his old age,(A) and he made a long-sleeved robe[a] for him. When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not bring themselves to speak peaceably to him.

Then Joseph had a dream. When he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.

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Footnotes

  1. 37:3 Or an ornate robe; see 2Sm 13:18,19

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