Ester had not yet made known her relatives nor her people, as Mordekhai had charged her; for Ester obeyed Mordekhai, like she did when she was brought up by him.
He brought up Hadassah, that is, Ester, 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, Mordekhai took her for his own daughter.