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Genesis 37:3

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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.

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  1. Genesis 37:1

    And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

  2. Genesis 37:2

    These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.

  3. Genesis 37:4

    And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

  4. Genesis 37:5

    And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

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