Start Personen Potiphera Potiphera was an Egyptian priest in On (Heliopolis) and the father of Asenath, who was given to Joseph as a wife by Pharaoh. Through this marriage, Potiphera became Joseph's father-in-law and the grandfather of Manasseh and Ephraim, who later became the ancestors of two of the tribes of Israel.
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Schlüsselereignisse Pharaoh gave Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to Joseph as a wife when Joseph was elevated to a high position in Egypt.
45 Pharaoh named Joseph Zaphenath-paneah and gave him Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, as his wife. And Joseph went out through the land of Egypt. hebr וַיִּקְרָ֨א פַרְעֹ֣ה שֵׁם־יוֹסֵף֮ צָֽפְנַ֣ת פַּעְנֵחַ֒ וַיִּתֶּן־ל֣וֹ אֶת־אָֽסְנַ֗ת בַּת־פּ֥וֹטִי[c] פֶ֛רַע כֹּהֵ֥ן אֹ֖ן לְאִשָּׁ֑ה וַיֵּצֵ֥א יוֹסֵ֖ף עַל־אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃
Through Asenath, Potiphera became the grandfather of Joseph's two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, who were born before the famine came.
50 Before the years of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, priest of On. hebr וּלְיוֹסֵ֤ף יֻלַּד֙ שְׁנֵ֣י בָנִ֔ים בְּטֶ֥רֶם תָּב֖וֹא שְׁנַ֣ת הָרָעָ֑ב אֲשֶׁ֤ר יָֽלְדָה־לּוֹ֙ אָֽסְנַ֔ת בַּת־פּ֥וֹטִי[c] פֶ֖רַע כֹּהֵ֥ן אֽוֹן׃
51 Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, "God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father's house." hebr וַיִּקְרָ֥א יוֹסֵ֛ף אֶת־שֵׁ֥ם הַבְּכ֖וֹר מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה כִּֽי־נַשַּׁ֤נִי אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶת־כָּל־עֲמָלִ֔י וְאֵ֖ת כָּל־בֵּ֥ית אָבִֽי׃
52 The second he named Ephraim, saying, "God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction." hebr וְאֵ֛ת שֵׁ֥ם הַשֵּׁנִ֖י קָרָ֣א אֶפְרָ֑יִם כִּֽי־הִפְרַ֥נִי אֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּאֶ֥רֶץ עָנְיִֽי׃
Potiphera is mentioned as Asenath's father in connection with Joseph having sons in Egypt, which confirms the Egyptian connection in Joseph's family.
20 In the land of Egypt, Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph by Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, priest of On. hebr וַיִּוָּלֵ֣ד לְיוֹסֵף֮ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַיִם֒ אֲשֶׁ֤ר יָֽלְדָה־לּוֹ֙ אָֽסְנַ֔ת בַּת־פּ֥וֹטִי[c] פֶ֖רַע כֹּהֵ֣ן אֹ֑ן אֶת־מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה וְאֶת־אֶפְרָֽיִם׃