Jeffrey Epstein says he got a fake passport listing his residence as Saudi Arabia in the 1980s because he is Jewish — and that it could have offered him some protection if he ever fell victim to an airline hijacking.

Attorneys for the multimillionaire pedophile, who is charged anew with child sex trafficking in Manhattan federal court, say in papers filed Tuesday that he obtained the passport from Austria, that he never used it and that it expired 32 years ago.

“The passport was for personal protection in the event of travel to dangerous areas, only to be presented to potential kidnappers, hijackers or terrorists should violent episodes occur,” the attorneys say.

The feds say that they found the fake passport, which contains a photo that resembles Epstein but lists a different name, in a home safe when they raided his massive Upper East Side townhouse. In a new filing submitted on Tuesday, prosecutors also say that the search turned up 48 loose diamond stones ranging in size from 1 karat to 2.38 karats, as well as a large diamond ring and $70,000 in cash.

Manhattan federal court Judge Richard Berman, who presides over the case, entered a summary of Epstein’s assets into the public docket. According to the summary, Epstein is not a billionaire but worth more than $550 million, though prosecutors say that figure did not count the diamonds and cash that were found in the raid.

The feds also say that they found kiddie porn during the raid.

Epstein is due back in court on Thursday, when Berman said he will issue a ruling on Epstein’s request to be kept on home detention while he awaits trial. He has offered to put up the Manhattan townhouse, estimated to be worth $77 million, and his private jet as collateral.

In the new papers that his attorneys submitted on Tuesday, Epstein’s attorneys also say that he will “agree to any monetary condition” to get bail.