Esther had not revealed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not show it.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Would. Hebrew, "had not declared. "He was not influenced to treat her thus on account of her royal extraction. (Haydock)
In effect, the Jews were despised. (Calmet)