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27 lip 2022 · Aseneth, daughter of the Egyptian priest Potiphera, becomes the wife of Joseph and mother of Ephraim and Manasseh. This 13th-century mosaic from the Basilica di San Marco in Venice, Italy, shows Aseneth after having given birth to Ephraim.
First appearing in Genesis 41:45, Asenath is said to have been given by the Pharaoh to Joseph as a wife. [11] Here, she is referred to as the daughter of Potipherah, priest of On (Gk. Heliopolis). [12] Genesis 41:50 says that before the years of famine, Joseph had two sons with Asenath.
The young woman chosen was Asenath, a high-born, aristocratic Egyptian woman, the daughter of Potiphera, a priest of On. ‘On’ was another name for Heliopolis, which was the religious centre of Ra, the god representing the sun.
as'-e-nath (Aseneth): The wife of Joseph, daughter of Potiphera, mother of Manasseh and Ephraim (Genesis 41:45, 50; Genesis 46:20). She was evidently an Egyptian woman and bore an Egyptian name. '-c-n-t, pointed by the Massoretes as 'acenath, appears in the Septuagint as aseneth or asenneth.
15 gru 2021 · Asenath was the daughter of Potiphera, the priest of On (or Heliopolis), and her Egyptian name means gift of the sun god. The Hitchcock Dictionary of Bible Names, however, says her name means peril, or misfortune. Through a series of God-ordained events, Joseph was elevated to the role of second only to the Pharaoh.
23 cze 2021 · 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). She is the mother of Manasseh and Ephraim ( Gen 41:50 ; 46:20).
16 cze 2021 · Genesis 41:45: "Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-Paneah and gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph went throughout the land of Egypt." We later...
