“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.”
Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made an ornate robe for him. The love of Jacob for Joseph — the son of his old age and of Rachel, the beloved wife — is the parental favoritism that will fracture the family. The ornate robe (the coat of many colors in tradition) is the visible sign of the preferred status. The application: the parental favoritism that produces visible markers of preference — a special coat — will produce visible consequences in sibling resentment.
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