And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
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Gill's Exposition
And she had a garment of divers colours upon her,.... Of embroidered work, which made her the more observable, and her shame the more manifest. Whether this was interwoven with threads of various…
Barnes' Notes
A garment of divers colors - See Gen 37:3. Some prefer here (and there) “a tunic with sleeves,” a tunic reaching to the extremities, i. e. the hands and feet, and worn over the common tunic, in room…
Adam Clarke
A garment of divers colors - See the note on Gen 37:3, where the same words occur.
We have here a particular account of the abominable wickedness of Amnon in ravishing his sister, a subject not fit to be enlarged upon nor indeed to be mentioned without blushing, that ever any man…
Cambridge Bible
a garment of divers colours The expression is used elsewhere only of Joseph's "coat of many colours" (Gen 37:3; Gen 37:23), and probably means a long tunic with sleeves, worn, it would seem, as an…
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