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Esther and Mordecai: family connections
Mordecai is Esther’s cousin and raises her after her parents die. Her father’s name varies by edition.
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Jair, father of Mordecai Jair is the father of Mordecai.
Source: Esther 2:5
Now there was a Jew in the city Susa, and his name was Mordecai, the son of Jairus, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin.
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Esther Mordecai is a cousin of Esther.
Source: Esther 2:5; Esther 2:7
Now there was a Jew in the city Susa, and his name was Mordecai, the son of Jairus, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Read Esther 2:5He had a foster child, daughter of Aminadab his father’s brother. Her name was Esther. When her parents died, he brought her up to womanhood as his own. This lady was beautiful.
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Esther Mordecai raised Esther.
Source: Esther 2:5; Esther 2:7
Now there was a Jew in the city Susa, and his name was Mordecai, the son of Jairus, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Read Esther 2:5He had a foster child, daughter of Aminadab his father’s brother. Her name was Esther. When her parents died, he brought her up to womanhood as his own. This lady was beautiful.
Read Esther 2:7
Bible edition: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
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Jair is the father of Mordecai.
Source: Esther 2:5
Now there was a Jew in the city Susa, and his name was Mordecai, the son of Jairus, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin.
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Mordecai is a cousin of Esther.
Source: Esther 2:5; Esther 2:7
Now there was a Jew in the city Susa, and his name was Mordecai, the son of Jairus, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Read Esther 2:5He had a foster child, daughter of Aminadab his father’s brother. Her name was Esther. When her parents died, he brought her up to womanhood as his own. This lady was beautiful.
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Mordecai raised Esther.
Source: Esther 2:5; Esther 2:7
Now there was a Jew in the city Susa, and his name was Mordecai, the son of Jairus, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Read Esther 2:5He had a foster child, daughter of Aminadab his father’s brother. Her name was Esther. When her parents died, he brought her up to womanhood as his own. This lady was beautiful.
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Aminadab is the father of Esther.
Source: Esther 2:15
And when the time was fulfilled for Esther the daughter of Aminadab the brother of Mordecai’s father to go in to the king, she neglected nothing which the chamberlain, the women’s keeper, commanded; for Esther found grace in the sight of all who looked at her.
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Mordecai takes Esther in and keeps watching over her. Who has stepped in to care for you, and who might need that care from you?
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