Some of the chronologies I’ve been considering would place Joseph during the time of Amenenhat III. I came to that conclusion before looking at the Viziers of Amenenhat III. But it also fits when we archaeologically know about his role in the history of Avaris.
The Vizier that most caught my eye was Zamonth or Samontu, a name that Zaphnath from Genesis 41:45 could be a corruption of.
His wife was named Henuptu, a name possibly rendered later as Henut, so I could see Asenath as having a connection to that. However contrary to popular assumption the name Asenath is a Hebrew name not Egyptian, it’s possibly a different form of Asnah from Ezra 2:50. But it could also be the same root as Asa being combined with Anath. So Genesis is referring to a Hebrew name she was given, not her original Egyptian name.
One of their sons was named Senebtifi. His name means “the one who will be healthy”. Which is a different meaning I could see coming from the logic of what Joseph says explaining the name Manasseh in Genesis 41:51.
One of their sons, probably the younger, was Ankhu whose name meant “life”, “living” or “he who lived”. Ephraim means Double Fruit, giving what Fruit often symbolically in The Bible Ankhu being his Egyptian name makes sense.
They also had a daughter named Seneb, nothing in Scripture contradicts Joseph and Asenath having a daughter, sometimes the daughters just aren’t mentioned.
Ankhu had a daughter named Senebhenas who was married to the “overseer of the half domain” whatever that means named Wepwawethotep. She could be the Sherah of 1 Chronicles 7:24.
Ankhu’s sons Reseneb and Iymeru I thus think can be identified with sons of Ephraim from 1 Chronicles 7 and Numbers 26.
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