See in Reader
566 B
566 B
Connecting Statement:
This continues the background information about Mordecai and explains his relationship to Esther. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background)
Hadassah
This is Esther's Hebrew name. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
his uncle's daughter
"his cousin"
she had neither father nor mother
"her father and mother had died"
took her as his own daughter
"cared for her as if she was his own daughter"