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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.
|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.
|[[Jacob|Israel]] loved Joseph more than he did his other children, because he was the son of his old age. He even made a tunic of distinction for him.
|[[Jacob|Israel]] loved Joseph more than he did his other sons, because he was the son of his old age. He even made a tunic of distinction for him.
|The implications of the ''tunic of distinction'' were a slap in the face to the older brothers, and especially to [[Reuben]]: usually the firstborn, and heir to the double share of the family fortune, wore this tunic. That it was multi-colored, or variegated, or perhaps had long sleeves in it, are only speculations. But the important thing to note was that Jacob was signaling to everyone that Joseph was his favorite, and would inherit the double portion. Presumably this was because Reuben had disgraced himself with Bilhah, one of his father's common-law wives.
|The implications of the ''tunic of distinction'' were a slap in the face to the older brothers, and especially to [[Reuben]]: usually the firstborn, and heir to the double share of the family fortune, wore this tunic. That it was multi-colored, or variegated, or perhaps had long sleeves in it, are only speculations. But the important thing to note was that Jacob was signaling to everyone that Joseph was his favorite, and would inherit the double portion. Presumably this was because Reuben had disgraced himself with Bilhah, one of his father's common-law wives.
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