Adoption is an act controlled by law or custom placing a person under the parentage of someone who is not his or her natural parent. Adoption includes a change in status and often provisions for inheritance. There is a difference between adoption and fosterage, with the latter suggesting a temporary or informal agreement, ultimately lacking provisions for inheritance. While adoption is rarely found in the OT and was not legislated in Judaism, the practice of adoption was common in Greco-Roman
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