1 In the first year of plenty, in the second month, on the fifth day of the month, Pharaoh sent Joseph to go around all the land of Egypt; 2 and in the fourth month of the first year, on the eighteenth day of the month, Joseph came to the district of Heliopolis, 3 and he was gathering the grain of that country like the sand of the sea. 4 And there was a man in that city named Pentephres, who was a priest of Heliopolis⁠a and a satrap of Pharaoh, and chief over all Pharaoh's satraps and princes; 5 and this man was very rich and very wise and gentle, and he was also a counselor of Pharaoh, because he was more discerning than all Pharaoh's princes. 6 And he had a virgin daughter, named Asenath, eighteen years old, tall and graceful, and more beautiful to look at than any virgin on the earth.⁠b 7 Now Asenath herself did not resemble the Egyptian virgins, but was in every way like the daughters of the Hebrews, 8 being as tall as Sarah and as graceful as Rebekah and as beautiful as Rachel; 9 and news of her beauty spread throughout all that land and to the ends of the world, so that all the sons of the princes and the satraps wanted to court her, and even the sons of kings, all of them young and powerful men, 10 and there was fierce rivalry among them because of her, and they tried to fight against one another. 11 And Pharaoh's firstborn son also heard about her, and he kept begging his father to give her to him in marriage, saying: 12 "Father, give me Asenath, the daughter of Pentephres, the leading man of Heliopolis, as my wife." And his father Pharaoh said to him: 13 "Why are you asking for a wife of lower rank than yourself when you are king of all this land? 14 No! Look, the daughter of Joachim the King of Moab is promised to you in marriage, and she herself is a queen and extremely beautiful. Marry her."