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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  1. 2:7 Lit uncle’s daughter

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