"Throw the stick up in the air, it will always return to its
original place." Like Rachel his mother, Joseph was of
ravishing beauty, and the wife of his master was filled with
invincible passion for him."[108] Her feeling was heightened by
the astrologic forecast that she was destined to have descendants
through Joseph. This was true, but not in the sense in
which she understood the prophecy. Joseph married her
daughter Asenath later on, and she bore him children, thus
fulfilling what had been read in the stars."[109]

In the beginning she did not confess her love to Joseph.
She tried first to seduce him by artifice. On the pretext of
visiting him, she would go to him at night, and, as she had
no sons, she would pretend a desire to adopt him. Joseph
then prayed to God in her behalf, and she bore a son. However,
she continued to embrace him as though he were her
own child, yet he did not notice her evil designs. Finally,
when he recognized her wanton trickery, he mourned many
days, and endeavored to turn her away from her sinful passion
by the word of God. She, on her side, often threatened
him with death, and surrendered him to castigations in order
to make him amenable to her will, and when these means
had no effect upon Joseph, she sought to seduce him with
enticements. She would say, "I promise thee, thou shalt rule
over me and all I have, if thou wilt but give thyself up to
me. and thou shalt be to me the same as my lawful husband."
But Joseph was mindful of the words of his fathers, and he
went into his chamber, and fasted, and prayed to God, that
He would deliver him from the toils of the Egyptian woman.