⁹ So God has taken away your father’s livestock^(A) and has given them to me.^(B)

Jacob Flees From Laban

31 Jacob heard that Laban’s sons^(A) were saying, “Jacob has taken everything our father owned and has gained all this wealth from what belonged to our father.”^(B)

¹⁶ Surely all the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and our children.^(A) So do whatever God has told you.”

¹⁵ Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’^(A)

The King’s Edict in Behalf of the Jews

8 That same day King Xerxes gave Queen Esther the estate of Haman,^(A) the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came into the presence of the king, for Esther had told how he was related to her. ² The king took off his signet ring,^(B) which he had reclaimed from Haman, and presented it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed him over Haman’s estate.^(C)