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| Name | ASENATH |
| Aliases | DAUGHTER OF POTIPHERA / WIFE OF JOSEPH |
| Status | DECEASED / MOTHER OF EPHRAIM AND MANASSEH |
| Birth | c. 1870 BC | Marks & Identifiers | NONE RECORDED |
| Place of Birth | EGYPT | Hair | DARK |
| Tribe | EGYPTIAN (FOREIGN) | Eyes | DARK |
| Parentage | DAUGHTER OF POTIPHERA, PRIEST OF ON | People | EGYPTIAN |
| Occupation | WIFE / MOTHER | Species | HUMAN |
| Affiliation | HOUSE OF JOSEPH | Calling | WIFE GIVEN TO JOSEPH BY PHARAOH |
| Primary Mission | BEAR THE SONS OF JOSEPH | Known Signs | MANASSEH AND EPHRAIM BORN |
| Covenant Role | MOTHER OF TWO TRIBES OF ISRAEL | Divine Access | THROUGH JOSEPH'S BLESSING |
| Divine Encounter Level | NONE RECORDED | Classification | WIFE / MOTHER |
| Covenant Status | MOTHER OF TRIBAL HEADS | Known Miracles | NONE RECORDED |
| Divine Commission | NOT RECORDED | Threat Assessment | LOW |
| Mission Status | COMPLETED | Archive Category | LINEAGE / TRIBES |
The two sons she bore in Egypt: MANASSEH AND EPHRAIM
Given her by Pharaoh in marriage: JOSEPH, THE SAVIOR OF EGYPT
The subject, daughter of Potiphera priest of On, was given in marriage to Joseph by Pharaoh when Joseph was raised to rule over Egypt. A foreign woman, she was joined to the son of Jacob in the land of his exile.
Before the years of famine came, she bore Joseph two sons. The firstborn he named Manasseh, for God had made him forget his hardship, and the second Ephraim, for God had made him fruitful in the land of his affliction.
Through her sons the house of Joseph became two tribes in Israel. Jacob, blessing the boys, set Ephraim before Manasseh, and both were counted among the tribes as his own.
The subject herself speaks no recorded word, yet her sons inherited a double portion, and the name of Ephraim would one day stand for the whole northern kingdom.
An Egyptian woman was woven quietly into the twelve tribes, a sign that the people of God were being gathered even in a foreign land.
EYES ONLYRestricted // Sacred Record
- God builds His people even in the land of their exile.
- What begins as affliction can become the ground of fruitfulness.
- The quiet mother of tribes is not forgotten in God's record.
