Now he was acting as the guardian<n id="1" /> of Hadassah<n id="2" /> (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, for neither her father nor her mother was alive.<n id="3" /> This young woman was very attractive and had a beautiful figure.<n id="4" /> When her father and mother died, Mordecai had raised her<n id="5" /> as if she were his own daughter.p>