Joseph’s Wife

[Gen 41:45] And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
Zaphnath - a Hyisos Jew.
Asenath - means: Savior of the world.
Zaphnath-paaneah—variously interpreted, “revealer of secrets”; “savior of the land”; and from the hieroglyphics, “a wise man fleeing from pollution” - that is, adultery.
Gave him to wife Asenath, the daughter of - His naturalization was completed by this alliance with a family of high distinction. On being founded by an Arab colony,
Poti-pherah, like Jethro, priest of Midian, might be a worshipper of the true G-d; and thus Joseph, a pious man, will be flee from the charge of marrying an idolatress for worldly ends.
On - Heliopolis, the city of the sun. The Hyksos, a mixed but preponderantly Semitic people, easily conquered the weakened Egyptians in 1785-1580 B.E. it is thought that soon thereafter Joseph and his brothers entered Egypt, since it is probable that the Hebrews would find friendly reception in Egypt at a time when the country was under rulers who themselves were of Semitic descent. Horses and war chariots, both of which had been introduced into Egypt by the Hyksos. This is taken out of the history book, so proves Joseph did not marry an Egyptian as some think.
The prosperous Twelfth Dynasty was succeeded by a less competent one, which lost control of the country. Once more Egypt was racked by civil war as provincial governors fought for the Pharaoh’s home. During the century of this Second Intermediate Period (1785 -1580 1317), the Hyksos, a mixed but preponderantly Semitic people, easily conquered the weakened Egyptians. It is thought that soon thereafter Joseph and his brothers entered Egypt, since it is ‘probably that the Hebrews would find a friendly reception in Egypt at a time when the country was under rules who themselves were of Semitic descent.’ The empire or new kingdom (1580 – 1085 B.E.) During the period of Hyksos control, some native Egyptian princes had retained southern Egypt. Eventually these rules expelled the dynastic Egypt centers around the exploits of the pharaohs of the eighteenth dynasty. The pharaohs of the empire enforced their absolute rule with standing armies equipped with horses and war chariots, both of which had been introduced into Egypt by the Hyksos. The threat of the provincial governors was removed by replacing them with royal appointees. Thutmose 111 (c. 1501 – 1447 B.E.), who has been described as the ‘Napoleon of Egypt,’ was the outstanding ruler. This formidable warrior conquered Syria, Pheoenicia, and Palestine and received gifts even from the inhabitants of the Tigris-Euphrates valley. Nubia and northern Sudan were also brought under his sway. Besides being a successful military leader, Thutmose 111 was also a far seeing statesman who treated the conquered peoples humanely. To ensure closer times and more uniform administratin within the Empire. He educated near eastern princes in Egypt. Obelisks, tall remaining ones have been transported to turn the cities of Istanbul, Rome, London, and New York. During the reign of Amenhotep 1V the empire began to decline. Early in his reign he adopted as his religion the worship of Aton (whose symbol was the sun’s disc) in the place of Amon-Re. The Egyptians soon sought to reestablish their power in western Asia, where they came in conflict with the Hittites. Ramses 11 (1292 – 1225 B.E.) of the nineteenth dynasty, pharaoh of the Hebrew oppression and Exodus, was partially successful in restoring the glory of the empire, but it was Egypt’s last display of national vigor. Thereafter, the royal authority gradually declined as the power of the priest of Amon-Re rose. (Resource was the Egyptian Empire about 1450 B.E.).