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And the kingsaid again unto Esther on the secondday at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition,queenEsther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.
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Then Esther the queenanswered and said, If I have foundfavour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request: