Esther 2:10
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And she would not tell him her people nor her country. For Mardochai had charged her to say nothing at all of that:

had not shewed.

Esther 3:8 And Aman said to king Assuerus: There is a people scattered through all the provinces of thy kingdom, and separated one from another, that use new laws and ceremonies, and moreover despise the king's ordinances: and thou knowest very well that it is not expedient for thy kingdom that they should grow insolent by impunity.

Esther 4:13,14 He sent word to Esther again, saying: Think not that thou mayst save thy life only, because thou art in the king's house, more than all the Jews: . . .

Esther 7:4 For we are given up, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. And would God we were sold for bondmen and bondwomen: the evil might be borne with, and I would have mourned in silence: but now we have an enemy, whose cruelty redoundeth upon the king.

Matthew 10:16 Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves.

for Mordecai.

Esther 2:7,20 And he had brought up his brother's daughter Edissa, who by another name was called Esther: now she had lost both her parents: and was exceeding fair and beautiful. And her father and mother being dead, Mardochai adopted her for his daughter. . . .

Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is just.

Context
Esther Finds Favor
9And she pleased him, and found favour in his sight. And he commanded the eunuch to hasten the women's ornaments, and to deliver to her her part, and seven of the most beautiful maidens of the king's house, and to adorn and deck out both her and her waiting maids. 10And she would not tell him her people nor her country. For Mardochai had charged her to say nothing at all of that:11And he walked every day before the court of the house, in which the chosen virgins were kept, having a care for Esther's welfare, and desiring to know what would befall her.…
Cross References
Esther 2:11
And he walked every day before the court of the house, in which the chosen virgins were kept, having a care for Esther's welfare, and desiring to know what would befall her.

Esther 2:20
Neither had Esther as yet declared her country and people, according to his commandment. For whatsoever he commanded, Esther observed: and she did all things in the same manner as she was wont at that time when he brought her up a little one.

Lexicon
Esther
אֶסְתֵּ֔ר (’es·têr)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 635: Esther -- 'star', Ahasuerus' queen who delivered Israel

did not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

reveal
הִגִּ֣ידָה (hig·gî·ḏāh)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5046: To be conspicuous

her people
עַמָּ֖הּ (‘am·māh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

or
וְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-)
Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

her lineage,
מֽוֹלַדְתָּ֑הּ (mō·w·laḏ·tāh)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4138: Nativity, lineage, native country, offspring, family

because
כִּ֧י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

Mordecai
מָרְדֳּכַ֛י (mā·rə·do·ḵay)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4782: Mordecai -- a companion of Zerubbabel, also a cousin of Esther

had instructed
צִוָּ֥ה (ṣiw·wāh)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order

her
עָלֶ֖יהָ (‘ā·le·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

to do so.
תַגִּֽיד׃ (ṯag·gîḏ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5046: To be conspicuous


Additional Translations
Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.Esther had not showed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not show it.

Esther had not made known her people nor her kindred; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.

But Esther discovered not her family nor her kindred: for Mardochaeus had charged her not to tell.

Esther had not made known her people nor her birth; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.

Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.

Esther had not showed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not show it.

Esther had not made known her people nor her relatives, because Mordecai had instructed her that she should not make it known.

Esther hath not declared her people, and her kindred, for Mordecai hath laid a charge on her that she doth not declare it;
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