Asenath

Asenath (an Egyptian name meaning gift of the sun-god, or peril in Hitchcock) was the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On (Heliopolis), and the wife given to Joseph by Pharaoh after his elevation to second-in-command of Egypt (Genesis 41:45). She bore Joseph two sons—Manasseh and Ephraim—both of whom Jacob blessed and adopted as his own, giving them a share in the inheritance of Israel (Genesis 48:5). Asenath represents the integration of Joseph into Egyptian court life and prefigures the mixed heritage of the tribe of Joseph.