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.
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And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
Genesis
LawIf it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,
1 Chronicles
HistoryIn the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
Job
Wisdom / JobThe letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.
Ezra
HistoryAnd it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
Genesis
LawThou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.
2 Chronicles
HistoryNevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.
2 Samuel
HistoryI have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
1 John
General EpistlesAnd were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.
Luke
GospelsThe word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd 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.
Genesis
LawSimeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
Acts
HistoryThat the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
Judges
HistoryHe stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
Psalms
PoetryI charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
Solomon's Song
PoetryIf we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
Psalms
PoetryAnd I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahAnd if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
Leviticus
LawThe son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
1 Chronicles
HistoryIshmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of war.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.