And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter.
Now Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it wa
to bring Queen Vashti before him, wearing her royal crown, to display her beauty to the people and officials. For she wa
And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are
Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you
And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh sha
Among these young men were some from Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.