Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-Paneah and gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife.

The report was compiled by Farnaz Kaighobadi of Columbia University in New York state and Todd Shackelford and Viviana Weekes-Shackelford, from Oakland University in Michigan.

The smooth-talking Banier, 61, mentioned his painful predicament to Liliane Bettencourt, his elegant hostess and - according to Forbes magazine - the world's richest woman.