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Genesis 48

Jacob, ill, adopts Joseph's sons Manasseh and Ephraim as his own and blesses them, crossing his hands to put the younger, Ephraim, before the elder.

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A garment handed down from Eden?: Midrash says the “garments of skins” God made for Adam (Genesis 3:21) were priestly dress, handed down from firstborn to firstborn until they reached Jacob; one rabbi says Jacob then gave them to Joseph.
The heirloom tradition is real and old, and it draws on the birthright theme in the Bible itself. But it comes from Jewish interpretation of other verses, not from Genesis 37. Saying Joseph’s coat was Adam’s garment joins two separate traditions; we found no…