3 Jacob37:3a Hebrew Israel; also in 37:13. See note on 35:21. loved Joseph more than any of his other children because Joseph had been born to him in his old age. So one day Jacob had a special gift made for Joseph—a beautiful robe.37:3b Traditionally rendered a coat of many colors. The exact meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.4 But his brothers hated Joseph because their father loved him more than the rest of them. They couldn’t say a kind word to him.
28 So when the Ishmaelites, who were Midianite traders, came by, Joseph’s brothers pulled him out of the cistern and sold him to them for twenty pieces37:28 Hebrew 20 [shekels], about 8 ounces or 228 grams in weight. of silver. And the traders took him to Egypt.