This book is not inspired by God and is not part of the Christian canon or the Jewish Tanakh. It is shown only for historical and study purposes. View full explanation Esther (Greek) 2:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 20215 And the king ordered Mordecai to serve in the court and rewarded him for these things. See the chapterMore versionsCommon English Bible5 Now there was a Jew in Susa whose name was Mordecai, Jair’s son. He came from the family line of Shimei and Kish; he was a Benjaminite. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version5 There was a man in the city of Susan, a Jew, named Mardochai, the son of Jair, the son of Semei, the son of Cis, of the race of Jemini, See the chapterGood News Translation (US Version)5 There in Susa lived a Jew named Mordecai son of Jair; he was from the tribe of Benjamin and was a descendant of Kish and Shimei. See the chapterWorld English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers5 Now there was a Jew in the city Susa, and his name was Mordecai, the son of Jairus, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin. See the chapterContemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition5 At this time a Jew named Mordecai was living in Susa, the capital of Persia. His father was named Jair, and his grandfather Shimei was the son of Kish from the tribe of Benjamin. See the chapter |