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Est 2:7 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

brought up		Heb. nourished. Eph 6:4
Hadassah		Dan 1:6,7
his uncle's		Est 2:15; Jer 32:7-12
fair and beautiful		Heb. fair of form and good of countenance. Est 1:11
took		Gen 48:5; 2Cr 6:18; 1Jo 3:1

Correlating Passages

brought up

Eph 6:4

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Hadassah

	Dan 1:6	Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
	Dan 1:7	Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel [the name] of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abednego.

his uncle's

	Est 2:15	Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
	Jer 32:7	Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that [is] in Anathoth: for the right of redemption [is] thine to buy [it].
	Jer 32:8	So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that [is] in Anathoth, which [is] in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance [is] thine, and the redemption [is] thine; buy [it] for thyself. Then I knew that this [was] the word of the LORD.
	Jer 32:9	And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that [was] in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, [even] seventeen shekels of silver.
	Jer 32:10	And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed [it], and took witnesses, and weighed [him] the money in the balances.
	Jer 32:11	So I took the evidence of the purchase, [both] that which was sealed [according] to the law and custom, and that which was open:
	Jer 32:12	And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's [son], and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.

fair and beautiful

Est 1:11

To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she [was] fair to look on.

took

	Gen 48:5	And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, [are] mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
	2Cr 6:18	And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
	1Jo 3:1	Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

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Scott, Thomas. "Esther 2:7," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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