Thematic Bible: His father's favorite child
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Joseph » Son of jacob » His father's favorite child
and I -- I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I have taken out of the hand of the Amorite by my sword and by my bow.'
and he setteth the maid-servants and their children first, and Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.
and all his sons and all his daughters rise to comfort him, and he refuseth to comfort himself, and saith, 'For -- I go down mourning unto my son, to Sheol,' and his father weepeth for him.
And Israel hath loved Joseph more than any of his sons, for he is a son of his old age, and hath made for him a long coat; and his brethren see that their father hath loved him more than any of his brethren, and they hate him, and have not been able to speak to him peaceably.
He cometh, therefore, to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the place that Jacob gave to Joseph his son;
for Judah hath been mighty over his brother, and for leader above him, and the birthright is to Joseph.