Genesis 37:3

American Standard Version (1901)

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 colors.

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  • Gen 37:32 : 32 and they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, This have we found: know now whether it is thy son's coat or not.
  • Gen 37:23 : 23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;
  • John 13:22-23 : 22 The disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake. 23 There was at the table reclining in Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.
  • 2 Sam 13:18 : 18 And she had a garment of divers colors upon her; for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
  • Ps 45:13-14 : 13 The king's daughter within [the palace] is all glorious: Her clothing is inwrought with gold. 14 She shall be led unto the king in broidered work: The virgins her companions that follow her Shall be brought unto thee.
  • Ezek 16:16 : 16 And thou didst take of thy garments, and madest for thee high places decked with divers colors, and playedst the harlot upon them: [the like things] shall not come, neither shall it be [so] .
  • John 3:35 : 35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
  • Gen 44:20-30 : 20 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loveth him. 21 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him. 22 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die. 23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more. 24 And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. 25 And our father said, Go again, buy us a little food. 26 And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down; for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us. 27 And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons: 28 and the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I have not seen him since: 29 and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol. 30 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
  • Judg 5:30 : 30 Have they not found, have they not divided the spoil? A damsel, two damsels to every man; To Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, A spoil of dyed garments embroidered, Of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the spoil?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 37:4-6
    3 verses
    83%

    4And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren; and they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

    5And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

    6And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

  • Gen 37:23
    81%

    23And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;

  • Gen 37:31-34
    4 verses
    80%

    31And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a he-goat, and dipped the coat in the blood;

    32and they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, This have we found: know now whether it is thy son's coat or not.

    33And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.

    34And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

  • Gen 37:2
    79%

    2These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and he was a lad with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought the evil report of them unto their father.

  • Gen 50:1
    74%

    1And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.

  • Gen 48:10
    73%

    10Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

  • Gen 37:18
    73%

    18And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

  • Gen 46:29
    73%

    29And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen; and he presented himself unto him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

  • Gen 37:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying in mind.

    12And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

  • Gen 48:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.

    18And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.

  • Gen 48:8
    72%

    8And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?

  • Gen 27:15
    72%

    15And Rebekah took the goodly garments of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son;

  • Gen 37:8
    71%

    8And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

  • Hos 11:1
    71%

    1When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

  • Gen 47:7
    71%

    7And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

  • Gen 47:12
    71%

    12And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.

  • Acts 7:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9And the patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt: and God was with him,

    10and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

  • Gen 37:27
    71%

    27Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened unto him.

  • Gen 48:2
    71%

    2And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.