Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
Brought up
Hadassah
His uncle's
Fair and beautiful
Bible References
Brought up
Ephesians 6:4
And ye fathers, be not provoking your children to anger, but be nourishing them up in the discipline and admonition of the Lord.
Hadassah
Daniel 1:6
Now there were, among them, out of the sons of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah;
His uncle's
Esther 2:15
But, when the turn came for Esther daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai - who had taken her as his own daughter - to go in unto the king, she requested nothing, save what Hegai the king's eunuch who kept the women might direct, - but so it was, that Esther obtained favour in the eyes of all who beheld her.
Jeremiah 32:7
Lo! Hanameel son of Shallum thine uncle, hath come unto thee saying, - Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth, for, thine, is the right of redemption to buy it.
Fair and beautiful
Esther 1:11
to bring in Vashti the queen, with the royal crown, - to show the peoples and the rulers her beauty, for, of pleasing appearance, was she.
Took
Genesis 48:5
Now, therefore thy two sons who were born to thee in the land of Egypt, before I came in unto thee in Egypt, are Ephraim and Manasseh, like Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine.
2 Corinthians 6:18
And will become your Father, and, ye, shall become my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
1 John 3:1
Behold, what manner of love, the Father hath bestowed upon us - that, children of God, we should be called, - and such we are! Therefore, the world understandeth us not, because it understood not him.