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Then, [a]as they drank their wine at the feast, (A)the king said to Esther, “(B)What is [b]your petition? For it shall be given to you. And what is [c]your request? Even to half of the kingdom it shall be done.” So Esther answered and said, “[d]My petition and [e]my request is: (C)if I have found favor in the eyes of the king, and if it seems good to the king to give heed to [f]my petition and to do [g]my request, may the king and Haman come to (D)the feast which I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do according to the word of the king.”

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 5:6 Lit at the banquet of wine
  2. Esther 5:6 Or that which you ask for
  3. Esther 5:6 Or that which you seek
  4. Esther 5:7 Or What I ask for
  5. Esther 5:7 Or what I seek
  6. Esther 5:8 Or what I ask for
  7. Esther 5:8 Or what I am seeking