There was a certain Jew in Shushan the palace, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,
Forsoþe a man, a Jew, was in þe citee Susa, Mardoche bi name, þe sone of Jair, sone of Semei, sone of Cys, of þe generacioun of Gemyny;