^8 (A)if I have found favor in the eyes of the king, and if it seems good to the king to give heed to ^[a]my petition and to do ^[b]my request, may the king and Haman come to ^(B)the feast which I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do according to the word of the king.”

⁵ Then she said, “^(A)If it seems good to the king, and if I have found favor before him and the matter seems proper to the king and I am good in his eyes, let it be written to turn back the ^(B)letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to cause the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces to perish.