⁸ Noah, however, found favor with the Lord.^(A)

³ and said, “My lord, if I have found favor with you, please do not go on past your servant.

The Lord’s Glory

¹² Moses said to the Lord, “Look, you have told me, ‘Lead this people up,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You said, ‘I know you by name,^(A) and you have also found favor with me.’ ¹³ Now if I have indeed found favor with you, please teach me your ways,^(B) and I will know you, so that I may find favor with you. Now consider that this nation is your people.”^(C)

² Ruth the Moabitess asked Naomi, “Will you let me go into the fields and gather fallen grain^(A) behind someone with whom I find favor?”

Naomi answered her, “Go ahead, my daughter.”

¹⁰ She fell facedown, bowed to the ground,^(A) and said to him, “Why have I found favor with you, so that you notice me, although I am a foreigner?”

¹³ “My lord,” she said, “I have found favor with you, for you have comforted and encouraged your servant, although I am not like one of your female servants.”

⁸ If I have found favor in the eyes of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and perform my request,^(A) may the king and Haman come to the banquet I will prepare for them.^(B) Tomorrow I will do what the king has asked.”

³ Queen Esther answered, “If I have found favor with you, Your Majesty, and if the king is pleased,^(A) spare my life; this is my request. And spare my people; this is my desire.^(B)