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Esther 2:7
Christian Standard Bible
Esther 2:7
Christian Standard Bible
7 Mordecai was the legal guardian of his cousin[a] Hadassah (that is, Esther), because she had no father or mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was extremely good-looking. When her father and mother died, Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter.(A)
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- 2:7 Lit uncle’s daughter
Esther 2:10
Christian Standard Bible
Esther 2:10
Christian Standard Bible
10 Esther did not reveal her ethnicity or her family background, because Mordecai had ordered her not to make them known.
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