⁷ And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, ^(A)his uncle’s daughter, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman was lovely and beautiful. When her father and mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter.

²⁹ Then Queen Esther, ^(A)the daughter of Abihail, with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this ^(B)second letter about Purim.