Esther 2:5-7

Lexham English Bible

⁵ There was a Jew in the citadel of Susa whose name was Mordecai son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite, ⁶ who was deported^[a] from Jerusalem with the exiles^[b] who were deported^[c] with Jeconiah^[d] the king of Judah, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had deported.^{[e] 7} He^[f] was raising Hadassah, that is Esther, his uncle’s daughter,^[g] for she did not have a father or a mother; the young woman had a beautiful figure and was very attractive. When her father and mother died, Mordecai had taken her as his daughter.