3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons because Joseph was a son born to him in his old age, 37:3 Gn 44:20 and he made a long-sleeved robe 37:3 Or an ornate robe; see 2Sm 13:18,19 for him. 4 When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not bring themselves to speak peaceably to him.