3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a coat of many colors.[a] 4 But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.
3 U-Israyeli wayemthanda uJosefa ngaphezu kwawo wonke amanye amadodana akhe, + ngoba wayemzale esegugile, ngakho wamenzela ingubo ekhethekile.* 4 Lapho abafowabo bebona ukuthi uyise wayemthanda ngaphezu kwabo bonke abafowabo, baqala ukumzonda futhi babengakwazi ukukhuluma naye ngokuthula.