Gen 37:3-4 | ESV | STEP | Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons , because he was the son of his old age . And he made him a robe of many colors .

Genesis 37:3-4

3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was ^athe son of his old age. And he made him ^ba robe of many colors. ^{▼▼See Septuagint, Vulgate; or (with Syriac) a robe with long sleeves. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain; also verses 23, 32} 4 But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peacefully to him.