Esther 8:3-6 ▼

3 And Esther added, and she spoke before the face of the king, and she fell down before the face of his feet, and she wept, and she sought favor from him, to make pass away the evil of Haman the Agagite and his plotting which he had plotted against the Jews.

4 And the king extended to Esther the golden scepter, and Esther rose, and she stood before the face of the king,

5 and she said, “If upon the king it is good, and if I have found favor before his face, and if the thing is proper before the face of the king, and I am good in his eyes, let it be written to revoke the letters—the plot of Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite—which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the provinces of the king.

6 For how could I bear when I have looked on the evil that would find my people? And how could I bear when I have looked on the destruction of my kindred?”