Genesis 37:3
Genesis · Old Testament · Chapter 37
“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.”Genesis 37:3
What Does Genesis 37:3 Mean?
Genesis 37:3 is found in the book of Genesis, chapter 37, verse 3 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 14 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (14)
These passages are connected to Genesis 37:3 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Genesis 44:20“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.”Proverbs 18:19“A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.”2 Samuel 13:18“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.”Genesis 37:23“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;”Genesis 37:31“And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;”Genesis 37:32“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.”John 3:35“The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.”Genesis 33:2“And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.”Judges 5:30“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?”Mark 12:6“Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.”John 13:22“Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake.”2 Kings 4:20“And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.”Psalms 45:13“The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.”Ezekiel 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.”
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