Psalms 68:5Open English Bible (Commonwealth)
Father of orphans, defender of widows, is God in his holy abode.
Father of orphans, defender of widows, is God in his holy abode.
Ruth 2:11
Boaz replied, ‘I have heard what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, and how you left your father and mother and your native land to come to a people that you did not know before.
Ruth 4:17
The women of the neighbourhood gave him a name, saying, ‘A son is born to Naomi!’ They named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, who was the father of David.
Ruth 4:18
This is the genealogy of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,
Esther 2:7
Mordecai had adopted Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter, since she had neither father nor mother. The girl was shapely and beautiful; and after her father and mother died, Mordecai raised her as if she was his own daughter.
Psalms 2:6
‘This my king is installed by me, on Zion my holy mountain.’