According to Jewish tradition, Jacob showed encouragement towards Joseph; not what we should call favoritism. All of Jacob's young sons were striving for righteousness (and Jacob never suspected that dangerous jealousy might arise). Among pious scholars, "jealousy breeds greater scholarship" (Talmud, Bava Batra 21a), because they direct the instinct for jealousy only towards the outlet of positive competition.
Jacob saw that Joseph was, at the outset, the wisest of his sons (Targum, Genesis 37:3) who had absorbed all of his (Jacob's) teachings (Rashi commentary, ibid) at a young age. Also, when Joseph saw that his half-brothers born of Leah were more friendly among themselves than with their half-brothers born of Bilhah and Zilpah, he took the initiative to open up to the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah (Midrash Tanchuma, Vayeshev ch.7); and he also spoke with criticism concerning the sons of Leah (Genesis 37:2; Rashi ibid) in order to spur them to improve the ties among the brothers.
Because Jacob observed Joseph taking the most initiative in wisdom and righteousness, he took action, giving him the gift of a special coat (Genesis 37:3) as a token of leadership, and to provoke the positive kind of "jealousy among scholars." Even after the unfortunate result (Genesis ch.37), Jacob never rescinded the gift or regretted it, since he himself had not erred in judgment (it was only the brothers who erred, as they later acknowledged [Genesis 42:22]); and he even reiterated Joseph's high status decades later (Genesis ch.48-9).
According to Jewish tradition, Jacob showed encouragementtowards Joseph; not what we should call favoritism. All of Jacob's young sons were striving for righteousness (and Jacob never suspected that dangerous jealousy might arise). Among pious scholars, "jealousy breeds greater scholarship" (Talmud, Bava Batra 21a), because they direct the instinct for jealousy only towards the outlet of positive competition.
Jacob saw that Joseph was, at the outset, the wisest of his sons (Targum, Genesis 37:3) who had absorbed all of his (Jacob's) teachings (Rashi commentary, ibid) at a young age. Also, when Joseph saw that his half-brothers born of Leah were more friendly among themselves than with their half-brothers born of Bilhah and Zilpah, he took the initiative to open up to the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah (Midrash Tanchuma, Vayeshev ch.7); and he also spoke with criticism concerning the sons of Leah (Genesis 37:2; Rashi ibid) in order to spur them to improve the ties among the brothers.
Because Jacob observed Joseph taking the most initiative in wisdom and righteousness, he took action, giving him the gift of a special coat (Genesis 37:3) as a token of leadership, and to provoke the positive kind of "jealousy among scholars." Even after the unfortunate result (Genesis ch.37), Jacob never rescinded the gift or regretted it, since he himself had not erred in judgment (it was only the brothers who erred, as they later acknowledged [Genesis 42:22]); and he even reiterated Joseph's high status decades later (Genesis ch.48-9).
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Joseph. This raises the question: did Jacob (Israel) show favoritism? According to Jewish tradition, Jacob showed encouragement towards Joseph; not what we should call favoritism. All of Jacob's young sons were striving for righteousness (and Jacob never suspected that dangerous jealousy might arise). Among pious scholars, "jealousy breeds greater scholarship" (Talmud, Bava Batra 21a), because they direct the instinct for jealousy only towards the outlet of positive competition. Jacob saw that Joseph was, at the outset, the wisest of his sons (Targum, Genesis 37:3) who had absorbed all of his (Jacob's) teachings (Rashi commentary, ibid) at a young age. Also, when Joseph saw that his half-brothers born of Leah were more friendly among themselves than with their half-brothers born of Bilhah and Zilpah, he took the initiative to open up to the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah (Midrash Tanchuma, Vayeshev ch.7); and he also spoke with criticism concerning the sons of Leah (Genesis 37:2; Rashi ibid) in order to spur them to improve the ties among the bothers. Because Jacob observed Joseph taking the most initiative in wisdom and righteousness, he took action, giving him the gift of a special coat (Genesis 37:3) as a token of leadership, to provoke the positive kind of "jealousy among scholars." Even after the unfortunate result (Genesis ch.37), Jacob never rescinded the gift or regretted it, since he himself had not erred in judgment (it was only the bothers who erred, as they later acknowledged [Genesis 42:22]); and he even reiterated Joseph's high status decades later (Genesis ch.48-9).
We could say that he loved Joseph more than his other children who became jealous of Joseph and his dreams. But this was of the Lord, else how would Joseph be found in Egypt as the second ruler?
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No, Islam shows no favoritism towards any specific racial group. Actually, some of the most pious Muslims are White American, African American, and other Islamic Minorities.
None of them. For God shows no partiality. - Romans 2:11 Jesus even told us not to show favoritism or partiality.
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by listening to God
it is known as an anthology series
to show her she really did love him