Esther Appeals for the Jews
On that same day Esther receives Haman's estate, and Mordecai comes before the king because Esther has revealed how he is related to her. The king gives Mordecai the signet ring taken back from Haman, and Esther appoints him over Haman's house.
T1hat same day King Xerxes awarded Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai entered the king’s presence because Esther had revealed his relation to her. 2The king removed the signet ring he had recovered from Haman and presented it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed Mordecai over the estate of Haman.
Esther speaks again to the king, falling at his feet and weeping as she begs him to revoke Haman's evil scheme against the Jews. The king extends the golden scepter toward her, and she rises to speak.
3And once again, Esther addressed the king. She fell at his feet weeping and begged him to revoke the evil scheme of Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the Jews. 4The king extended the gold scepter toward Esther, and she arose and stood before the king.
Esther asks that an order be written to revoke the letters Haman sent to destroy the Jews in all the provinces. She grounds the plea in what she cannot bear to see happen to her people and kindred.
5“If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces. 6For how could I bear to see the disaster that would befall my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?”