Quote Originally Posted by JonathanB View Post
Alas, Nathan, the current translation of Genesis in the Revised Standard Version says Joseph's coat was with long sleeves! They'd be translating the Hebrew. Shame.

The King James version translated the OT (sic) from the Hebrew, except for those books only found in the Septuagint. Those additional books aren't very important in themselves but at times a big shibboleth between Catholics and Protestants.
Long sleeves, so it wasn't a belted plaid, but it still could have been tartan.

I am aware that the King James Version used the masoretic Hebrew text as well, but by then the name "James" had clearly already achieved popularity after centuries of Catholicism.