Est 2:20
Esther had not {yet} shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.
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Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew {it}.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
And he brought up Hadassah, that {is}, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid {was} fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter. {brought...: Heb. nourished} {fair...: Heb. fair of form, and good of countenance}
Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew {it}.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew {it} unto Esther, and to declare {it} unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.