²⁴ She fell at his feet and said, ^(A)“On me alone, my lord, be the guilt. Please let your servant speak in your ears, and hear the words of your servant.

³ Then Esther spoke again to the king. She fell at his feet and wept and pleaded with him to avert the evil plan of Haman ^(A)the Agagite and the plot that he had devised against the Jews.

³⁷ She came and fell at his feet, bowing to the ground. ^(A)Then she picked up her son and went out.

⁹ And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, ^(A)“On me be the guilt, my lord the king, and on my father's house; let the king and his throne be guiltless.”

²⁸ Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For the Lord will certainly make my lord ^(A)a sure house, because my lord ^(B)is fighting the battles of the Lord, and evil shall not be found in you so long as you live.

¹⁸ If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account. ^19 (A)I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self.

²⁹ So his fellow servant fell down and pleaded with him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you.’

¹² Then the woman said, “Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.” He said, “Speak.”

³³ Now therefore, please let your servant remain instead of the boy as a servant to my lord, and let the boy go back with his brothers. ³⁴ For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear to see the evil that would find my father.”

¹⁸ Then Judah went up to him and said, ^(A)“Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord's ears, and ^(B)let not your anger burn against your servant, for ^(C)you are like Pharaoh himself.