Joseph and Asenath: The Confession and Prayer of Asenath Daughter of Pentephres the Priest (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Joseph and Asenath: The Confession and Prayer of Asenath Daughter of Pentephres the Priest<br><br>Potipherah suggests to Asenath a project of marrying her to Joseph. This she rejects with an outburst of scornful anger and returns to the tower but on seeing Joseph enter the court she declares him to be a son of God and is struck with remorse. Joseph having seen her at the window She is called down to greet him and when he is told that she is his host''s virgin daughter he accepts her as his sister; but when she is ordered to kiss him refuses to allow her to approach as being an idolater but prays for the blessing of God upon her. He then departs promising to return a week later and Asenath spends the intervening time in fasting and humiliation and finally in prayer. The archangel Michael then visits her and announces that she shall be Joseph''s wife after which he produces a miraculous honeycomb from which he gives her to eat and then says that she has now eaten the bread of life and''drunk the cup of immortality and been anointed with the chrism of incorruption. After Michael''s departure Joseph is announced and Asenath goes out to meet him and Joseph having also had a visit from the archangel they meet as affianced bride and bridegroom. Potipherah then returns from his country house where he has been spending the interval and states that he will summon the guests to the marriage-feast immediately but Joseph says that he must return to Pharaoh and obtain Ase nath''s hand from him.1 The marriage is then celebrated at the king''s court Jacob and his family come to Egypt and Asenath is presented to them.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.