Genesis 37:3

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old a: and he made him a coat of many colours.

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  • Gen 37:32 : 32 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no.
  • Gen 37:23 : 23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
  • John 13:22-23 : 22 Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake. 23 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.
  • 2 Sam 13:18 : 18 And she had a garment of divers colours 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 is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold. 14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
  • Ezek 16:16 : 16 And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: 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 a, 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 younst 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, and buy us a little food. 26 And we said, We cannot go down: if our younst brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our younst 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 saw him not since: 29 And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. 30 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
  • Judg 5:30 : 30 Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?

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  • Gen 37:4-6
    3 verses
    83%

    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.

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

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

  • Gen 37:23
    81%

    23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;

  • Gen 37:31-34
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    80%

    31 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;

    32 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no.

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

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

  • Gen 37:2
    79%

    2 These are the nerations 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.

  • Gen 50:1
    74%

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

  • Gen 48:10
    73%

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

  • Gen 37:18
    73%

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

  • Gen 46:29
    73%

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

  • Gen 37:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

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

  • Gen 48:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17 And 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.

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

  • Gen 48:8
    72%

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

  • Gen 27:15
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    15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younr son:

  • Gen 37:8
    71%

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

  • Gen 47:7
    71%

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

  • Gen 47:12
    71%

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

  • Acts 7:9-10
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    71%

    9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

    10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

  • Gen 37:27
    71%

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

  • Gen 48:2
    71%

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