Joseph and Aseneth

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6o JOSEPH AND ASENATH [xx the chair of Pentephres her father ; and she brought water to wash his feet. And Jo'seph said : " Let one of the virgins come and wash my feet." And Asenath said to him : " Nay, lord, for that hence- forth thou art my lord and I am thine handmaid. And wherefore seekest thou this, that another virgin should wash thy feet? for that thy feet are my feet, and thine hands mine hands, and thy soul my soul, and another shall not wash thy feet." And she constrained him and washed his feet.^ Then Joseph took hold of her riyht hand and kissed her tenderly and Asenath kissed his head tenderly, and thereupon he seated her at his right hand. Her father and mother and all her kindred then came from the possession of theirinheritance,^ and they saw her sitting with Joseph and clad in a wedding-garment. And they marvelled at her beauty and rejoiced and glorified God who quickeneth the dead. And after these things they ate and drank ; and, all having made cheer, Pente- phres said to Joseph : " To-morrow I will call all the princes and satraps of all the land of Egypt, and will make a wedding for you, and thou shalt take my daughter Asenath to wife." But Joseph said : " I go to-morrow to Pharaoh the king, for that he himself is my father and appointed me ruler over all this land, and I will speak to him concerning Asenath, and he will give her to me to wife." And Pentephres said to him : " Go in peace." ' Lat. Syr. Arm. have here an addition ; see Appx.