And (A)the king extended the golden scepter to Esther. So Esther got up and stood before the king. Then she said, “(B)If it pleases the king and if I have found favor before him, and the matter seems proper to the king and I am pleasing in his sight, let it be written to revoke the (C)letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to eliminate the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces. For (D)how can I endure to see the disaster which will happen to my people, and how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?”

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