
Deep Spiritual Meat Parashah #9: VaYeshev on Genesis 37:3-4 “Kethoneth passim in Hebrew. It was a royal garment”……..Some says “A long, striped and colorfully ornamented robe, made of silk (or) wool, with long sleeves and reaching to the ankles.”
King YHWH/Yeshua now is Mashiyach Ben David reign eternity of eternities. While Yeshua was on that earth, He was Mashiyach Ben Yosef (Suffering Servant) parallel Joseph (Yosef) as a type of the Messiah (haMashiyach) means Anointed One.

Genesis 37:3 Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, since he was the child of his old age. He made [Joseph] a long colorful coat.
Hebrew Transliteration:
VeYisra’el ahav et-Yosef mikol-banav ki-ven-zekunim hu lo ve’asah lo ktonet pasim.
Genesis 37:4 When his brothers realized that their father loved him more than all the rest, they began to hate him. They could not say a peaceful word to him.
Hebrew Transliteration:
Vayir’u echav ki-oto ahav avihem mi-kol echav vayisne’u oto velo yachlu dabro leshalom.
Commentary:
long colorful coat
Kethoneth passim in Hebrew. It was a royal garment; 2 Samuel 13:18 (cf. Ralbag ad loc.). The word passim can be translated as ‘colorful’ (Radak; Septuagint), embroidered (Ibn Ezra; Bachya; Ramban on Exodus 28:2), striped (Ibn Janach; Radak, Sherashim), or with pictures (Targum Yonathan). It can also denote a long garment, coming down to the palms of the hands (Rashbam; Ibn Ezra; Baaley Tosafoth; Bereshith Rabbah 84), and the feet (Lekach Tov). Alternatively, the word denotes the material out of which the coat was made, which was fine wool (Rashi) or silk (Ibn Janach). Hence, kethoneth passim, may be translated as ‘a full-sleeved robe,’ ‘a coat of many colors,’ ‘a coat reaching to his feet,’ ‘an ornamented tunic,’ ‘a silk robe,’ or ‘a fine woolen cloak.’
The Ladder of Jacob: Casting Lots
Genesis Rabbah makes an incredible connection,
“AND HE MADE HIM A COAT OF MANY COLORS (PASSIM). Resh Lakish said in the name of R. Eleazar b. Azariah: A man must not make a distinction among his children, for on account of the coat of many colours which our ancestor Jacob made for Joseph, THEY HATED HIM. The word PASSIM indicates that it reached as far as his wrists (pas). It is called PASSIM because they cast lots (hefissu) over it, as to who should carry it to their father, the lot falling to Judah.”
Genesis Rabbah 84:8, Soncino Press Edition
Psalm 22 echoes this idea,
“They divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing.”
Psalms 22:18
The New Testament describes this event happening before the death of Yeshua at Gulgalta. Like Yosef before him, Yeshua’s garment was divided,
“And when they (the Romans) had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.”
Mark 15:24, Matthew 27:35, Luke 23:34, John 19:23,27

Update while I research finding kesones [see John 19:22-24 TPT)
22 Pilate responded, “What I have written will remain!”23 Now when the soldiers crucified Jesus, they divided up his clothes into four shares, one for each of them. But his tunic was seamless, woven from the top to the bottom[a] as a single garment. 24 So the soldiers said to each other, “Don’t tear it—let’s throw dice[b] to see who gets it!” The soldiers did all of this not knowing they fulfilled the Scripture that says, “They divided my garments among them and gambled for my clothing.”[c]
Footnotes
John 19:23 The Aramaic could be translated “his tunic was entirely woven from above.” Jesus’ tunic was an emblem of his perfect holiness and righteousness as one who came “from above.” As believers, we are now robed in that seamless garment of righteousness in Christ. They stripped the robe from Jesus and gambled over it at the cross. Many people are still gambling over their eternal souls—while others receive freely the blood-stained, seamless robe of perfect righteousness. Jesus was unclothed so that we could be robed in his glory.19:24 Or “cast lots.” See also v. 25.19:24 See Ps. 22:18.
Shalom, we all see John 19:24 Or “cast lots.” See also v. 25. confirmed totally with above “top of Zion” post.
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