Thematic Bible: His father's favorite child
Thematic Bible
Joseph » Son of jacob » His father's favorite child
Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
And he put the handmaids and their children in front, and Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph last.
And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted, and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his other sons because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a coat of many colours. And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him and could not speak peaceably unto him.
Then he came to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
For Judah prevailed above his brethren and was their prince, but the birthright was Joseph's:)