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The Inversion of the First Born
The story of Jacob's sons is about all of Jacob's own flaws, just like ratcheted up with the volume at 11 and multiplied by 12 sons this time. The first four sons that Jacob has are from a wife that he never really liked. So what Joseph does is actually take one of his last sons, Joseph, who's the eleventh son, and make him the exalted favorite son. And then that's the son that dreams about being exalted as the ruler of his family and the ruler of the universe.