The Bible states (Gen. xli. 45, 50) that Joseph married the daughter of Potiphar, a priest of On.
While the Patriarchs lived righteously as shepherds, Joseph remained holy in Egypt, surrounded by impurity, tested by Potiphar's wife, captive in prison, and then active as viceroy to Pharaoh.
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Joseph's resistance to Potiphar's wife represents his perfection of the "Sign of the Covenant".
His best poetical works include the Nigaristan (“The Picture Gallery”), written in Persian and modeled upon the Būstān and the Golestān of Saadi; a poem, Yusuf ü Züleyha, in rhymed couplets retelling the story of Joseph and Potiphar’s wife; and Divān (“Collected Poems”), consisting mainly of lyrics.
According to rabbanic literature, Asenath was really the daughter of Shechem and Dinah, and only the foster-daughter of Potiphar.
Josephslegende (The Legend of Joseph) Op. 63, is a ballet in one act for the Ballets Russes based on the story of Potiphar's Wife, with a libretto by Hofmannsthal and Kessler and music by Richard Strauss.
In Genesis 39:8, it is used on the word "VaY'maen" (and he refused), during Joseph's attempted seduction by Potiphar's wife, to indicate Joseph's struggle against temptation.