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2 Samuel 13
David's son Amnon rapes his half-sister Tamar, and David does nothing. Two years later Tamar's brother Absalom has Amnon killed at a sheep-shearing feast and flees to Geshur for three years.
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- The Biblical Family TreeTamar · The Biblical Family TreeOpen
- Hebrew Word Explorerkətōnet passîm (coat) · Hebrew Word ExplorerOpen
- Joseph's RobeLong, with sleeves · Joseph's RobeOpen
- Joseph's RobeA garment of rank · Joseph's RobeOpen
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- Textually stated
The king's virgin daughters wore the ketonet passim.
Stated directly in the text.
- Textually stated
In biblical Hebrew, passim appears only in the phrase ketonet passim, in Genesis 37 and 2 Samuel 13.
Five verses in the Westminster Leningrad Codex (OSHB lemma 6446): Genesis 37:3, 23, 32 and 2 Samuel 13:18, 19.
- Textually stated
Tamar tore her ketonet passim, put ashes on her head and went away crying.
Stated directly in the text.
- Strongly supported
A garment of rank: A mark of status, the kind of robe worn by royalty, not by working shepherds.
Both passages point to status. This is the one conclusion that does not depend on the meaning of passim.
- Strongly supported
A kĕtōnet was a tunic, the basic garment worn against the body.
God clothes Adam and Eve in kotnôt of skin, the priests wear a linen kĕtōnet under their robes, and Tamar wears one in 2 Samuel 13.
- Strongly supported
"A coat of many colours" / 「彩衣」: a translation, not a Hebrew colour word: KJV reads "a coat of many colours" for Joseph and "a garment of divers colours" for Tamar; the 和合本 reads 彩衣 in both. Both follow the Greek and Latin tradition of colour. The Hebrew phrase is the same in both passages and has no colour word, and the Greek translators themselves rendered it two different ways.