The garment given by Jacob to Joseph in Genesis 37:3, generally known as the ‘coat of many colours’, is the same expression that is used for King David’s daughter Tamar’s garment. the Greek and Latin however translates it as ‘a sleeved tunic’. (2 Samuel 13:18) So many scholars believe that it was a long undergarment with sleeves, rather than a coat. The working class usually wore a short tunic, while the aristocracy was set apart by a long tunic with sleeves.
