Esther 2:7

He was bringing up Hadassah , that is Esther , the daughter of his uncle , for she had neither father nor mother . The young woman had a beautiful figure and was lovely to look at , and when her father and her mother died , Mordecai took her as his own daughter .

Mordecai had a cousin named Hadassah, whom he had brought up because she had neither father nor mother. This young woman, who was also known as Esther, had a lovely figure and was beautiful. Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter when her father and mother died.

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.