They said to each other, “We are being punished for the bad thing we did to our younger brother Joseph. We saw the trouble he was in. He begged us to save him, but we refused to listen. So now we are in trouble.”
Joseph was born at a time when his father Israel was very old, so Israel loved him more than he loved his other sons. Jacob gave him a special coat, which was long and very beautiful.
So Amnon’s servant led Tamar out of the room and locked the door. Tamar was wearing a long robe with many colors. The king’s virgin daughters wore robes like this.