Then said Aseneth, “Sir, I have seven companions, maidens who have been brought up with me, and I love them as sisters:  may I not call them, and you shall bless them as you have blessed me?” So she called them in, and made them stand before the angel, and he blessed them; and thereafter he said to Aseneth, “Take away the table.”  And as she turned aside to lift it, he was gone.  But through the window she saw in the sky a chariot and four horses shining like fire, going into the heavens towards the east, and the angel standing in the chariot.  Then she said, “Ah, foolish that I am!  I knew not that it was an angel out of heaven that came into my chamber, and now, behold, he is going back into heaven to his own place.  Pardon me, my lord, and spare thy handmaid, for it was in ignorance that I spoke so boldly before thee!”

While she was still wondering, there came in a messenger and said, “Joseph, the mighty one of God, is on his way hither.”  And immediately Aseneth sent for the steward of the palace and bade him prepare a great banquet, and make all things ready; but she herself, remembering the words of the angel, went into her inner chamber and adorned herself as a bride, in shining robes, and upon her head she put a crown of gold which had in the midst, over her forehead, a great jacinth stone and six other precious stones round it; and she covered her head with a veil of wonderful beauty.  Then she called to one of her maidens, who brought her a basin of pure water, and when she saw the reflection of her face in the water she was astonished at the beauty and freshness and brightness of it.  Just then the steward of the palace came in to say that all was ready, and he too was struck with amazement at the sight of her, and said, “Lady, what is the cause of this wonderful beauty?  Can it be that the God of heaven has chosen you to be the bride of Joseph, His elect?” And while he was yet speaking, the sound of Joseph’s chariot-wheels was heard without.

Then Aseneth hastened and went down to meet Joseph, and her seven maidens followed her, and they all stood in the porch of the palace.  And when Joseph saw Aseneth he also marvelled, and said, “Who art thou, maiden?” And she answered, “Thy handmaid Aseneth; and I have cast away all my idols and they are gone.”  And she went on and told him of the coming of the angel to her.  And he rejoiced.  Then they came near and embraced one another, and she led him into her father’s house and made him sit on her father’s throne; and Joseph said, “Let one of the maidens come and wash my feet.”  But Aseneth said, “No; from henceforth I am your handmaid:  your hands are my hands, your feet are my feet, and your soul is my soul:  none other shall wash your feet but I.”  So she compelled him, and washed his feet.  And after that he kissed her again, and made her sit down beside him, on his right hand.