KJV King James Version
And he brought up Hadassah, that [is], Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid [was] fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
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Esther 2:7
And he brought up Hadassah, that [is], Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid [was] fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter.
WEB World English Bible
He brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter; for she had neither father nor mother. The maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.
ASV American Standard Version
And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he is supporting Hadassah—she is Esther—daughter of his uncle, for she hath neither father nor mother, and the young woman is of fair form, and of good appearance, and at the death of her father and her mother hath Mordecai taken her to him for a daughter.
Surrounding context — Esther 2
4 And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
5 [Now] in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name [was] Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
6 Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
7 And he brought up Hadassah, that [is], Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid [was] fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
8 So it came to pass, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
9 And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, [which were] meet to be given her, out of the king’s house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best [place] of the house of the women.
10 Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew [it].
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וַיְהִ֨יH1961 · ha.yahto beאֹמֵ֜ןH539 · a.manbe faithfulאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הֲדַסָּ֗הH1919 · ha.das.sahHadassahהִ֤יאH1931 · huhe/she/itאֶסְתֵּר֙H635 · es.terEstherבַּת־H1323 · batdaughterדֹּד֔וֹH1730 · dodbelovedכִּ֛יH3588 · kiforאֵ֥יןH369 · a.yinnothingלָ֖הּH9034 · haherאָ֣בH1 · avfatherוָאֵ֑םH517 · emmotherוְהַנַּעֲרָ֤הH5291 · na.a.rahmaidenיְפַת־H3303 · ya.phehbeautifulתֹּ֙אַר֙H8389 · to.arappearanceוְטוֹבַ֣תH2896 · tovpleasantמַרְאֶ֔הH4758 · mar.ehappearanceוּבְמ֤וֹתH4194 · ma.vetdeathאָבִ֙יהָ֙H1 · avfatherוְאִמָּ֔הּH517 · emmotherלְקָחָ֧הּH3947 · la.qachto take: takeמָרְדֳּכַ֛יH4782 · mor.de.khayMordecaiל֖וֹH9033 · ohimלְבַֽת׃H1323 · batdaughter
Cross-references
Esther 2:15Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.Esther 1:11To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she [was] fair to look on.2 Corinthians 6:18And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.Ephesians 6:4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.1 John 3:1Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.Genesis 48:5And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, [are] mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.Jeremiah 32:7-12Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that [is] in Anathoth: for the right of redemption [is] thine to buy [it].Daniel 1:6-7Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
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