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Esther 2:7-8
English Standard Version
Esther 2:7-8
English Standard Version
7 He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, (A)the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was lovely to look at, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter. 8 So when the king's order and his edict were proclaimed, and (B)when many young women were gathered in Susa the citadel in custody of (C)Hegai, Esther also was taken into the king's palace and put in custody of Hegai, who had charge of the women.
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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