2:10 Now Esther had not disclosed her people or her lineage, 1 for Mordecai had instructed her not to do so. 2
8:1 On that same day King Ahasuerus gave the estate 3 of Haman, that adversary of the Jews, to Queen Esther. Now Mordecai had come before the king, for Esther had revealed how he was related to her.
1 tn Cf. v. 20, where the same phrase occurs but with the word order reversed.
2 tn Heb “that she not tell” (NRSV similar); NASB “that she should not make them known.”
3 tn Heb “house” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV; also in vv. 2, 7). Cf. TEV “all the property.”