Thematic Bible: Adoption of children
Thematic Bible
Adoption » Adoption of children
Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, will be mine.
Abram said, "Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir."
The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, and said, "Because I drew him out of the water."
He brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter; for she had neither father nor mother. The maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.
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- Abraham
- Adoption
- Adoption, nature of
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- Born In One's House
- Bringing People Out Of Other Places
- Death Of A Mother
- Examples Of Orphans