And the King held out the golden [a]scepter toward Esther. Then arose Esther, and stood before the King,

And said, If it please the King, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing be acceptable before the King, and I please him, let it be written, that the letters of the device of Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite may be called again, which he wrote to destroy the Jews, that are in all the King’s provinces.

For how can I suffer and see the evil, that shall come unto my people? Or how can I suffer and see the destruction of my kindred?

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 8:4 Read Esther 5:2.

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