On

Place

A location first mentioned at Gen.41.45) referred to as On (אֹן), or City of/ Destruction (הֶ֫רֶס עִיר), or Heliopolis (בֵּית שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ), or Heliopolis (LXX) (ηλιουπολεως).

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Passages set here

Genesis 41:45
Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-Paneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On as a wife. Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.