Now, in those days there were lawyers in the cloisters of the Temple who disputed vehemently, saying the children of servants bound forever took the condition of their parents; but the Prince Hur was a man righteous in all things, and an interpreter of the law after the straitest sect, though not of them.

He said I was a Hebrew servant bought, in the true meaning of the great lawgiver, and, by sealed writings, which I yet have, he set me free." "And my mother ?" Esther asked.
"Thou shalt hear all, Esther; be patient.

Before I am through thou shalt see it were easier for me to forget myself than thy mother....
At the end of my service, I came up to Jerusalem to the Passover.
My master entertained me.

I was in love with him already, and I prayed to be continued in his service.

He consented, and I served him yet another seven years, but as a hired son of Israel.