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Esther had not made known her people nor her relatives; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.
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A Strategic Concealment
Commentators agree that Mordecai instructed Esther to hide her Jewish identity for strategic reasons. Fearing she would be despised or that the king would refuse to marry a Jew, Mordecai hoped she might pass as a native Persian, ensuring her heritage would not be a hindrance to her advancement.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The Persians had no special contempt for the Jews; but, of course, they despised more or less all the subject races. Esther, with her name that was…
19th Century
Anglican
Esther had not shewed ... — From the hope on Mordecai’s part that she might pass for a native Persian, and that her Jewis…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Esther had not showed her people nor her kindred What nation or family she was of; it not being asked, she was under…
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