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And the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. And Esther arose and stood before the king,

and said, If it please the king and if I have found grace before him, and the thing seem right to the king, and I be pleasing in his sight, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews that are in all the king's provinces.

For how shall I endure to see the evil that shall befall my people? and how shall I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?

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