Esther 2:20

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Esther still did not reveal her family background or her ethnicity, as Mordecai had directed. She obeyed Mordecai’s orders, as she always had while he brought her up.

Cross References

Esther 2:10

Esther did not reveal her ethnicity or her family background, because Mordecai had ordered her not to make them known.

Esther 2:7

Mordecai was the legal guardian of his cousin  Hadassah (that is, Esther), because she had no father or mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was extremely good-looking. When her father and mother died, Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter.