Judah's Septere and Joseph's Birthright - Series 3 Chapter 8 The Veil Lifted from the Abrahamic Nations - J. H. Allen - 1902

J. H. Allen

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a coat of many colors." (Genesis 37:3) A souvenir of this coat of many colors which Jacob made for Joseph is still found in the many-colored plaid, as worn by the Scotch Highlanders, not only at home, but by Highlander societies, which exist in nearly every large Anglo-Saxon city. The use of this van-colored plaid, and the custom of wearing it, can be traced as far back as the Scottish people have any history, and yet its origin among them is unknown; that is, it was unknown until they began to know that they were the descendants of Joseph. Also, once upon a time, the Gileadites were at war with Ephraim-Israel, "and the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites; and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library