Ai e kishte rritur Hadasahun, domethënë Esterin, bijën e ungjit të tij, sepse ajo nuk kishte as baba as nënë. Vajza ishte e hijshme dhe kishte trup të bukur; pas vdekjes së atit dhe të nënes së saj, Mardokeu e mori si bijën e tij.
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.