² He put the female servants and their children^(A) in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph^(B) in the rear.

³ Now Israel^(A) loved Joseph more than any of his other sons,^(B) because he had been born to him in his old age;^(C) and he made an ornate^[a] robe^(D) for him.^(E)

⁴ When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him^(A) and could not speak a kind word to him.

³⁵ All his sons and daughters came to comfort him,^(A) but he refused to be comforted.^(B) “No,” he said, “I will continue to mourn until I join my son^(C) in the grave.^(D)” So his father wept for him.

²² And to you I give one more ridge of land^[a](A) than to your brothers,^(B) the ridge I took from the Amorites with my sword^(C) and my bow.”

² and though Judah^(A) was the strongest of his brothers and a ruler^(B) came from him, the rights of the firstborn^(C) belonged to Joseph)—

⁵ They are from the world^(A) and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them.