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# Connecting Statement:
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2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00
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This continues the background information about Mordecai and explains his relationship to Esther. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background]])
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# Hadassah
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2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00
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This is Esther's Hebrew name. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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# his uncle's daughter
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"his cousin"
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# she had neither father nor mother
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"her father and mother had died"
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# took her as his own daughter
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2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00
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"cared for her as if she was his own daughter"
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