Why Did Joseph Marry Asenath?
A Later-Date Apocryphal Publication, Written in Greek, Believed to Be a Christian Document, Called Joseph and Aseneth, Supposedly Details Their Relationship...
A later-date apocryphal publication, written in Greek, believed to be a Christian document, called Joseph and Aseneth, supposedly details their relationship and their 48-year long reign over Egypt; in it, Asenath weds Joseph, whose brothers Dan and Gad plot to kill him for the sake of Pharaoh's son, who wants Asenath ...
Who was Joseph's favorite wife?
In the Bible, Pharaoh honors Joseph by giving him as a wife Asenath, “the daughter of Potiphera, priest from the city of On” (LXX: Heliopolis; Gen 41:45).
What did Asenath do in the Bible?
Asenath – a child of violent rape and reared in a pagan household – becomes the mother of sons whose blessing serves as the model for the blessing of all the nation's sons: “He blessed them that day, saying: 'By thee shall Israel bless, saying: God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh'” (ibid. 48:20).
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