
03-10-2009, 04:18 PM
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Re: Even Esther.
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Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*
This is speaking of Esther:
5Now there was a Jew in Susa the citadel whose name was(E) Mordecai, the son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite, 6(F) who had been carried away from Jerusalem among the captives carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away. 7He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther,(G) the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was lovely to look at, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter. 8So when the king’s order and his edict were proclaimed, and(H) when many young women were gathered in Susa the citadel in custody of(I) Hegai, Esther also was taken into the king’s palace and put in custody of Hegai, who had charge of the women. 9And the young woman pleased him and won his favor. And he quickly provided her(J) with her cosmetics and her portion of food, and with seven chosen young women from the king’s palace, and advanced her and her young women to the best place in the harem.
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what version is that?
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