Esther 5:7

7 And Esther answered and said, "[This is] my petition and my request.

Esther 5:7 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 5:7

Then answered Esther and said, my petition and my request is.
] What she should for the present make; the principal one she had to ask, for wise reasons, she still deferred.

Esther 5:7 In-Context

5 And the king said, "Bring Haman quickly {to fulfill} the request of Esther." So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

6 And the king said to Esther {while they were drinking wine}, "What [is] your petition? It will be given to you. What [is] your request? Even half the kingdom, it will done.

7 And Esther answered and said, "[This is] my petition and my request.

8 If I have found favor in the eyes of the king, and if it is good to the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I will prepare for them tomorrow, and I will do according to the word of the king.

9 And Haman went out on that day rejoicing and {feeling good}. But when Haman saw Mordecai at the gate of the king, and he did not rise or tremble before him, Haman was filled {with rage toward} Mordecai.