Paragraph 2:15–18

In these verses, the story returns to Esther and Mordecai, the main characters in the story. If you have a way in your language to indicate this, you should use it here.

2:15a

Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter: You will need to study carefully the best way to include this information in your translation and where in the verse you should put it. Look at how different English versions have translated it. Contemporary English Version even omits it completely, because the translators considered that Esther had already been introduced in 2:7.

2:15b

Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem: This is also repeated information and you need to decide whether you should repeat it in your translation.

harem: See note on 2:3b.

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