Evils of Partiality in the Family
Genesis 37:3
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors.


I. PARTIALITY SHOWS WEAKNESS IN THOSE EXERCISING IT.

II. PARTIALITY OFFENDS THOSE OVERLOOKED.

II. PARTIALITY INJURES THE ONE IT IS INTENDED TO BENEFIT.

IV. PARTIALITY LEADS TO ESTRANGEMENT IN THE FAMILY.

V. PARTIALITY RESULTS IN MANY SINS AND MANY SORROWS.

(J. Henry Burn, B. D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.

WEB: Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a coat of many colors.




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