Gen 37:3 | KD | STEP | “ Israel (Jacob) loved Joseph more than all his (other) sons, because he was born in his old age, ” as the first-fruits of the beloved Rachel (Benjamin was hardly a year old at this time). And he made him פּסּים כּתנת: a long coat with sleeves (χιτὼν ἀστραγάλειος, Aqu ., or ἀστραγαλωτός, lxx at , tunica talaris , Vulg . ad Sam.), i.e., an upper coat reaching to the wrists and ankles, such as noblemen and kings’ daughters wore, not “a coat of many colours” (“ bunter Rock, ” as Luther renders it, from the χιτῶνα ποικίλον, tunicam polymitam , of the lxx and Vulgate). This partiality made Joseph hated by his brethren; so that they could not “ speak peaceably unto him, ” i.e., ask him how he was, offer him the usual salutation, “Peace be with thee.”

‏ Genesis 37:3

“Israel (Jacob) loved Joseph more than all his (other) sons, because he was born in his old age,” as the first-fruits of the beloved Rachel (Benjamin was hardly a year old at this time). And he made him פּסּים כּתנת: a long coat with sleeves (χιτὼν ἀστραγάλειος, Aqu., or ἀστραγαλωτός, lxx at 2Sa 13:18, tunica talaris, Vulg. ad Sam.), i.e., an upper coat reaching to the wrists and ankles, such as noblemen and kings’ daughters wore, not “a coat of many colours” (“bunter Rock,” as Luther renders it, from the χιτῶνα ποικίλον, tunicam polymitam, of the lxx and Vulgate). This partiality made Joseph hated by his brethren; so that they could not “speak peaceably unto him,” i.e., ask him how he was, offer him the usual salutation, “Peace be with thee.”