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And I took up the cause against them, cursing them and giving blows to some of them and pulling out their hair; and I made them take an oath by God, saying, You are not to give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or for you

וָאָרִ֤יב (וָ) va. “and”וָאֲקַֽלְלֵ֔ם (וָ) va. “and”וָאַכֶּ֥ה (וָ) va. “and”וָֽאֶמְרְטֵ֑ם (וָֽ) va. “and”וָאַשְׁבִּיעֵ֣ם (וָ) va. “and”

Was it not in these things that Solomon, king of Israel, did wrong? among a number of nations there was no king like him, and he was dear to his God, and God made him king over all Israel: but even he was made to do evil by strange women.

וַיִּתְּנֵ֣הוּ (וַ) va “and”

And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib, the chief priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite: so I sent him away from me.

וָאַבְרִיחֵ֖הוּ (וָ) va. “and”

So I made them clean from all strange people, and had regular watches fixed for the priests and for the Levites, everyone in his work;

וְטִֽהַרְתִּ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וָאַעֲמִ֧ידָה (וָ) va. “and”

Now it came about in the days of Ahasuerus, (that Ahasuerus who was ruler of a hundred and twenty-seven divisions of the kingdom, from India as far as Ethiopia:)

וַיְהִ֖י (וַ) va “and”

But when the servants gave her the king's order, Vashti the queen said she would not come: then the king was very angry, and his heart was burning with wrath.

וַתְּמָאֵ֞ן (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּקְצֹ֤ף (וַ) va “and”

And the king said to the wise men, who had knowledge of the times, (for this was the king's way with all who were expert in law and in the giving of decisions:

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And before the king and the captains, Memucan gave his answer: Vashti the queen has done wrong, not only to the king, but to all the captains and to all the peoples in all the divisions of the kingdom of King Ahasuerus;

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And when this order, given by the king, is made public through all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give honour to their husbands, great as well as small.

וְנִשְׁמַע֩ (וְ) ve. “and”

And this suggestion seemed good to the king and the captains; and the king did as Memucan said;

וַיִּיטַב֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And sent letters to all the divisions of the kingdom, to every division in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in the language which was theirs, saying that every man was to be the ruler in his house, and that this order was to be given

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (וַ) va “and”

Then the servants who were waiting on the king said to him, Let search be made for some fair young virgins for the king:

וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And let the girl who is pleasing to the king be queen in place of Vashti. And the king was pleased with this suggestion; and he did so.

וַיִּיטַ֧ב (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And he had been a father to Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his father's brother: for she had no father or mother, and she was very beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his daughter.

וַיְהִ֨י (וַ) va “and”

So when the order made by the king was publicly given out, and a number of girls had been placed in the care of Hegai in the king's house in Shushan, Esther was taken into the king's house and put in the care of Hegai, the keeper of the women.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַתִּלָּקַ֤ח (וַ) va. “and”

And he was pleased with the girl and was kind to her; and he quickly gave her what was needed for making her clean, and the things which were hers by right, and seven servant-girls who were to be hers from the king's house: and he had her and her servant

וַתִּיטַ֨ב (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּשָּׂ֣א (וַ) va. “and”וַ֠יְבַהֵל (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיְשַׁנֶּ֧הָ (וַ) va “and”

In the evening she went, and on the day after she came back to the second house of the women, into the keeping of Shaashgaz, one of the king's unsexed servants who had the care of the king's wives: only if the king had delight in her and sent for her by

וְנִקְרְאָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Now when the time came for Esther, the daughter of Abihail, his father's brother, whom Mordecai had taken as his daughter, to go in to the king, she made request for nothing but what Hegai, the king's servant and keeper of the women, had given her. And E

וַתְּהִ֤י (וַ) va. “and”

So Esther was taken in to King Ahasuerus in his house in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his rule.

וַתִּלָּקַ֨ח (וַ) va. “and”

And Esther was more pleasing to the king than all the women, and to his eyes she was fairer and more full of grace than all the other virgins: so he put his crown on her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.

וַיֶּאֱהַ֨ב (וַ) va “and”וַתִּשָּׂא־ (וַ) va. “and”וַיָּ֤שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”וַיַּמְלִיכֶ֖הָ (וַ) va “and”

Then the king gave a great feast for all his captains and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he gave orders through all the divisions of his kingdom for a day of rest from work, and gave wealth from his store.

וַיַּ֨עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֵּ֥ן (וַ) va “and”

In those days, while Mordecai was seated at the king's doorway, two of the king's servants, Bigthan and Teresh, keepers of the door, being angry, were looking for a chance to make an attack on King Ahasuerus.

וַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Mordecai, having knowledge of their purpose, sent word of it to Esther the queen; and Esther gave the news to the king in Mordecai's name.

וַיִּוָּדַ֤ע (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגֵּ֖ד (וַ) va “and”וַתֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And when the thing had been looked into, it was seen to be true, and the two of them were put to death by hanging on a tree: and it was put down in the records before the king.

וַיְבֻקַּ֤שׁ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמָּצֵ֔א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתָּל֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּכָּתֵ֗ב (וַ) va “and”

After these things, by the order of the king, Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, was lifted up and given a position of honour and a higher place than all the other captains who were with him.

וַֽיְנַשְּׂאֵ֑הוּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיָּ֙שֶׂם֙ (וַ) va “and”