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Asnat bat Puti
Question
In the merit of Hashem
Joseph the Righteous married Asnat bat Puti, who was the daughter of Dinah and Shechem son of Hamor. How did Asnat come to Egypt?
Answer
Peace and blessing
This is explained in the Midrash:
The daughter of Jacob sat in tents. What did Shechem son of Hamor do? He brought out girls playing outside, beating drums, and she went out to see the daughters of the land. He took her and lay with her, and she conceived and gave birth to Asnat. And the sons of Jacob said to kill her, saying: People will say throughout the land that there is a daughter of promiscuity in the tents of Jacob. What did Jacob do? He wrote the sacred Name on a gold plate and hung it around her neck, and sent her away. And everything is foreseen before Hashem, and the angel Michael descended, took her, and brought her down to Egypt to the house of Potiphera, since Asnat was destined for Joseph, and the wife of Potiphera was barren, and she raised her as a daughter, and Joseph took her as a wife.
With blessing - Binyamin Shmuali

