Esther was raised by her cousin Mordecai after her parents died, but she was not formally adopted by him in the traditional sense. Instead, Mordecai took her in and raised her as his own daughter. The Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible does not specify a particular date for this arrangement, but it implies that it occurred during their time in exile in Persia.
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