Thematic Bible: His father's favorite child
Thematic Bible
Joseph » Son of jacob » His father's favorite child
But, I, have given to thee one mountain-track above thy brethren, - which I took out of the hand of the Amorite, with my sword and with my bow.
and put the handmaids and their children first, - and Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph next;
And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to console him but he refused to be consoled, and said - Surely I will go down unto my son mourning to hades! And his father wept for him.
Now, Israel, loved Joseph more than any of his sons, because he was to him, the son of his old age, and he had made him, a long tunic. So his brethren saw that their father loved him, more than any of his brethren, and they hated him, and could not bid him prosper,
He cometh, therefore, unto a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground which Jacob gave unto Joseph his son.
for, Judah, prevailed over his brethren, so that, even the prince, is from him, - although, the birthright, pertaineth to Joseph;