He took her home with him, and raised her as his daughter.
The Alef in Asenath stands for On, where Potiphar was
priest; the Samek for Setirah, Hidden, for she was kept concealed
on account of her extraordinary beauty; the Nun for
Nohemet, for she wept and entreated that she might be delivered
from the house of the heathen Potiphar; and the Taw
for Tammah, the perfect one, on account of her pious, perfect
deeds.[188]

Asenath had saved Joseph's life while she was still an
infant in arms. When Joseph was accused of immoral conduct
by Potiphar's wife and the other women, and his master
was on the point of having him hanged, Asenath approached
her foster-father, and she assured him under oath that the
charge against Joseph was false. Then spake God, "As
thou livest, because thou didst try to defend Joseph, thou
shalt be the woman to bear the tribes that he is appointed
to beget.[189]

Asenath bore him two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, during
the seven years of plenty, for in the time of famine
Joseph refrained from all indulgence in the pleasures of
life.[190] They were bred in chastity and fear of God by their
father, and they were wise, and well-instructed in all knowledge
and in the affairs of state, so that they became the
favorites of the court, and were educated with the royal
princes.

Before the famine broke over the land, Joseph found an
opportunity of rendering the king a great service. He