Potipherah

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Joseph and Asenath together on this image in Berlin. Man depicted close to them may be Potiphera.

According to the Hebrew Bible, Potiphera (Template:IPAc-en, Template:LangxTemplate:Px2) was a priest of the ancient Egyptian town of On,[1] mentioned in the Script error: No such module "Bibleverse". and Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".. He was the father of Asenath, who was given to Joseph as his wife by the Pharaoh, (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".) and who bore Joseph two sons: Manasseh and Ephraim.[2]

His name means "he whom Ra has given".[3]

Biblical source

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Theories

It has been noted that Potipherah served as a priest in Ra's most important cult center.[3] A Jewish legend makes him the same person as Potiphar, whose wife[4] was in love with Joseph and whose false accusation got him thrown in prison.

References

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  1. The Open court, Volume 27. Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress).
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  4. Legends of Old Testament characters from the Talmud and other sources by Sabine Baring-Gould

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