Estherdid not makeknownher peopleor her kindred,for Mordecaihad instructedher that she should not make[them] known.
EverydayMordecaiwalkedbackand forth in frontof the courtof the haremto learnhowEstherwas and howshe fared.
Estherhad not yet made knownher kindredor her people,evenas Mordecaihad commandedher; for EstherdidwhatMordecaitoldher as she had donewhenunder his care.
He was bringingup Hadassah,that is Esther,his uncle'sdaughter,for she hadnofatherormother.Now the youngladywas beautifulof formand face,and when her fatherand her motherdied,Mordecaitookher as his own daughter.
Then Hamansaidto KingAhasuerus,"Thereis a certainpeoplescatteredand dispersedamongthe peoplesin allthe provincesof your kingdom;their lawsare differentfrom [those] of all[other] peopleand they do not observethe king'slaws,so it is not in the king'sinterestto let them remain.
for we have been sold,I and my people,to be destroyed,to be killedand to be annihilated.Now ifwe had only been soldas slaves,men and women,I would have remainedsilent,for the troublewould not be commensuratewith the annoyanceto the king."
"Behold,I sendyou out as sheepin the midstof wolves;sobe shrewdas serpentsand innocentas doves.
Children,obeyyour parentsin the Lord,for thisis right.
So she wentdownto the threshingfloorand didaccording to allthat her mother-in-lawhad commandedher.
