Esther did not reveal her ethnicity or her family background, because Mordecai had ordered her not to make them known.
Ruth 3:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised She went down to the threshing-floor and did everything her mother-in-law had charged her to do. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So she went down to the threshing floor and did just as her mother-in-law had told her. American Standard Version (1901) And she went down unto the threshing-floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law bade her. Common English Bible So she went down to the threshing floor, and she did everything just as her mother-in-law had ordered. Catholic Public Domain Version And she went down to the threshing floor, and she did everything that her mother-in-law had commanded her. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And she went down to the barnfloor, and did all that her mother-in-law had bid her. |
Esther did not reveal her ethnicity or her family background, because Mordecai had ordered her not to make them known.
Honour your father and your mother so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and don’t reject your mother’s teaching,
After Boaz ate, drank, and was in good spirits, he went to lie down at the end of the pile of barley, and she came secretly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.