| Genesis 37:3
| Now Israel loved Joseph above all his sons, because he had him in his old age: and he made him a coat of divers colours.
| Old age, and therefore expected to have no more children; but he loved him still more, on account of his innocent and sweet behaviour (Menochius): in which sense the Samaritan, Chaldean, etc., have, "because he was a wise and prudent boy." --- Colours. The nations of the East delight in gaudy attire, "hanging down to the heels" as the original passim is sometimes expressed, talaris et polymita, ver. 3. (Calmet)
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