Greek Esther 7:3-5

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³ She answered and said, “If I have found favor with the king, let my life be granted me at my petition and my people at my request.^{(A) 4} For we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, plundered, and made slaves—we and our children—male and female slaves. I took no heed, but now our adversary brings shame on^[a] the king’s court.”^{(B) 5} Then the king said, “Who is the person who would dare to do this thing?”