—Si al rey le place y yo he logrado su favor, y si al rey le parece correcto y yo le resulto agradable, que se emita un decreto que anule las órdenes de Amán, hijo de Hamedata el agagueo, quien ordenó la destrucción de los judíos en ... Read verse in Nueva Traducción Viviente">
And said, if it please the king, and if I have found favour in
his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing
in his eyes
This heap of phrases, which signify much the same thing, are used to work upon the king's affections, and to show how submissive she was to his will:
let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of
Hammedatha, the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which
are in all the king's provinces.
She wisely takes no notice of any concern the king had in them, but suggests as that she looked upon them as forged by Haman, who put the king's name and seal to them, without his knowledge and consent.