Kejadian 37:3

37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons ¹  because he was a son born to him late in life, ²  and he made a special ³  tunic for him.

Kejadian 41:14

41:14 Then Pharaoh summoned ⁴  Joseph. So they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; he shaved himself, changed his clothes, and came before Pharaoh.

Hakim-hakim 14:12-13

14:12 Samson said to them, “I will give you a riddle. If you really can solve it during the seven days the party lasts, ⁵  I will give you thirty linen robes and thirty sets ⁶  of clothes. 14:13 But if you cannot solve it, ⁷  you will give me thirty linen robes and thirty sets of clothes.” They said to him, “Let us hear your riddle.” ⁸ 

Hakim-hakim 14:2

14:2 When he got home, ⁹  he told his father and mother, “A Philistine girl in Timnah has caught my eye. ¹⁰  Now get her for my wife.”

1 Raja-raja 5:1

Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple

5:1 (5:15) ¹¹  King Hiram of Tyre ¹²  sent messengers ¹³  to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father’s place. (Hiram had always been an ally of David.)

[37:3]  ¹ tn The disjunctive clause provides supplemental information vital to the story. It explains in part the brothers’ animosity toward Joseph.

[37:3]  sn The statement Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons brings forward a motif that played an important role in the family of Isaac – parental favoritism. Jacob surely knew what that had done to him and his brother Esau, and to his own family. But now he showers affection on Rachel’s son Joseph.

[37:3]  ² tn Heb “a son of old age was he to him.” This expression means “a son born to him when he [i.e., Jacob] was old.”

[37:3]  ³ tn It is not clear what this tunic was like, because the meaning of the Hebrew word that describes it is uncertain. The idea that it was a coat of many colors comes from the Greek translation of the OT. An examination of cognate terms in Semitic suggests it was either a coat or tunic with long sleeves (cf. NEB, NRSV), or a tunic that was richly embroidered (cf. NIV). It set Joseph apart as the favored one.

[41:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “and Pharaoh sent and called,” indicating a summons to the royal court.

[14:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “If you really can tell it to me [during] the seven days of the feast and you find [its answer].”

[14:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “changes.”

[14:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “you are unable to tell me.”

[14:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “Give your riddle so we can hear it.”

[14:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “and he went up.”

[14:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “I have seen a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines.”

[5:1]  ¹¹ sn The verse numbers in the English Bible differ from those in the Hebrew text (BHS) here; 5:1-18 in the English Bible corresponds to 5:15-32 in the Hebrew text. See the note at 4:21.

[5:1]  ¹² map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[5:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “his servants.”