6 For how could I bear to see the disaster that would befall my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?”
Esther 8:6
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Greek Esther 8:5–7
5 Esther said, “If it seems good to you, and I have found favor in your sight, let an order be sent that the letters sent by Haman may be reversed—letters that were written for the destruction of the Jews who are in your kingdom. (WEB) 6 For how could I see the afflicti… (WEB)
Genesis 44:33–34
33 Now please let your servant stay here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy. Let him return with his brothers. 34 For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”
2 Baruch 3:2–4
2 evils of my mother? Not (so) my Lord. If I have found grace in Thy sight, first take my spirit (2BA) 3 that I may go to my fathers and not behold the destruction of my mother. For two things vehemently constrain me: for I cannot resist Thee, and my soul, moreover, can… (2BA)
1 Maccabees 6:12–14
12 But now I remember the evils which I did at Jerusalem, and that I took all the vessels of silver and gold that were in it, and sent out to destroy the inhabitants of Judah without a cause. (WEB) 13 I perceive that it is because of this that these evils have come upon m… (WEB)
Greek Esther 7:3–5
3 She answered and said, “If I have found favor in the sight of the king, let my life be granted as my petition, and my people as my request. (WEB) 4 For both I and my people are sold for destruction, pillage, and genocide. If both we and our children were sold for male… (WEB)
2 Baruch 33:2–3
2 said unto thee: "Look to this people till I go and make ready the rest of the brethren in Babylon, (2BA) 3 against whom has gone forth the sentence that they should be led into captivity"? And now if thou also forsakest us, it were good for us all to die before thee,… (2BA)
1 Maccabees 10:4–6
4 For he said, “Let’s go beforehand to make peace with them, before he makes peace with Alexander against us; (WEB) 5 for he will remember all the evils that we have done against him, and to his kindred and to his nation.” (WEB) 6 So he gave him authority to gather together forc… (WEB)
Tobit 6:13–15
13 Then the young man said to the angel, “Brother Azarias, I have heard that this maid has been given to seven men, and that they all perished in the bride-chamber. (WEB) 14 Now I am the only son of my father, and I am afraid, lest I go in and die, even as those before me… (WEB)
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