¹⁶ When the news reached Pharaoh’s palace that Joseph’s brothers had come,^(A) Pharaoh and all his officials^(B) were pleased.^(C)

¹³ On their second visit, Joseph told his brothers who he was,^(A) and Pharaoh learned about Joseph’s family.^(B)

⁵ This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen,^(A) a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit;^(B) also Philip,^(C) Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism.

¹⁴ His wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Have a pole set up, reaching to a height of fifty cubits,^[a](A) and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai impaled^(B) on it. Then go with the king to the banquet and enjoy yourself.” This suggestion delighted Haman, and he had the pole set up.

⁴ Then let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” This advice appealed to the king, and he followed it.

²¹ The king and his nobles were pleased with this advice, so the king did as Memukan proposed.

⁴ The plan seemed right both to the king and to the whole assembly.

³⁶ All the people took note and were pleased; indeed, everything the king did pleased them.

³³ who went ahead of you on your journey, in fire by night and in a cloud by day,^(A) to search^(B) out places for you to camp and to show you the way you should go.

³³ “And now let Pharaoh look for a discerning and wise man^(A) and put him in charge of the land of Egypt.^(B)