Asher's first wife was Adon, the daughter of Ephlal, a
grandson of Ishmael. She died childless, and he married a
second wife, Hadorah, a daughter of Abimael, the grandson
of Shem. She had been married before, her first husband
having been Malchiel, also a grandson of Shem, and the
issue of this first marriage was a daughter, Serah by
name. When Asher brought his wife to Canaan, the three
year old orphan Serah came with them. She was raised in
the house of Jacob, and she walked in the way of pious
children, and God gave her beauty, wisdom, and sagacity.

Zebulon's wife was Maroshah, the daughter of Molad, a
grandson of Midian, the son of Abraham by Keturah.

For Benjamin, when he was but ten years old, Jacob took
Mahlia to wife, the daughter of Aram, the grandson of
Terah, and she bore him five sons. At the age of eighteen
he married a second wife, Arbat, the daughter of Zimran,
a son of Abraham by Keturah, and by her also he had five
sons.[98]


JOSEPH THE SLAVE OF POTIPHAR

When Joseph was sold as a slave to the Ishmaelites, he
kept silent out of respect for his brethren, and did not tell
his masters that he was a son of Jacob, a great and powerful
man. Even when he came to the Midianites with the Ishmaelites,
and the former asked after his parentage, he still
said he was a slave, only in order not to put his brethren to