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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Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.
Genesis
LawAnd thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.
Judges
HistoryAnd when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsJesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahWhen I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:
Genesis
LawThen said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.
Luke
GospelsShe put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.
1 Chronicles
HistoryBecause the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:
Exodus
Law / MosesHis children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
Job
WisdomSeek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWho through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
Hebrews
General EpistlesI am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
Solomon's Song
PoetryMen groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
Job
WisdomAnd that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: