piece of tin, inscribed the Holy Name upon it, and bound it
about the neck of the girl, and he put her under a thornbush,
and abandoned her there. An angel carried the babe
down to Egypt, where Potiphar adopted her as his child,
for his wife was barren. Years thereafter, when Joseph
travelled through the land as viceroy, the maidens threw
gifts at him, to make him turn his eyes in their direction
and give them the opportunity of gazing upon his beauty.
Asenath possessed nothing that would do as a present, therefore
she took off the amulet suspended from her neck, and
gave it to him. Thus Joseph became acquainted with her
lineage, and he married her, seeing that she was not an
Egyptian, but one connected with the house of Jacob
through her mother.[97]

Beside the son of Dinah, Simon had another son, whose
name was Saul, by Bunah, the damsel he had taken captive
in the campaign against Shechem.

Levi and Issachar married two daughters of Jobab, the
grandson of Eber; the wife of the former was named
Adinah, the wife of the latter, Aridah. Dan's wife was
Elflalet, a daughter of the Moabite Hamudan. For a long
time their marriage remained childless, finally they had a
son, whom they called Hushim. Gad and Naphtali married
women from Haran, two sisters, daughters of Amoram, a
grandson of Nahor. Naphtali's wife, Merimit, was the
older of the two, and the younger, the wife of Gad, was
named Uzit.