Noah, however, found favor with the Lord.(A)

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and said, “My lord, if I have found favor with you, please do not go on past your servant.

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He said, “If I have found favor in your eyes,(A) my lord,[a] do not pass your servant(B) by.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 18:3 Or eyes, Lord

The Lord’s Glory

12 Moses said to the Lord, “Look, you have told me, ‘Lead this people up,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You said, ‘I know you by name,(A) and you have also found favor with me.’ 13 Now if I have indeed found favor with you, please teach me your ways,(B) and I will know you, so that I may find favor with you. Now consider that this nation is your people.”(C)

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Moses and the Glory of the Lord

12 Moses said to the Lord, “You have been telling me, ‘Lead these people,’(A) but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, ‘I know you by name(B) and you have found favor(C) with me.’ 13 If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways(D) so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people.”(E)

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Ruth the Moabitess asked Naomi, “Will you let me go into the fields and gather fallen grain(A) behind someone with whom I find favor?”

Naomi answered her, “Go ahead, my daughter.”

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And Ruth the Moabite(A) said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain(B) behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor.(C)

Naomi said to her, “Go ahead, my daughter.”

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10 She fell facedown, bowed to the ground,(A) and said to him, “Why have I found favor with you, so that you notice me, although I am a foreigner?”

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10 At this, she bowed down with her face to the ground.(A) She asked him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me(B)—a foreigner?(C)

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13 “My lord,” she said, “I have found favor with you, for you have comforted and encouraged your servant, although I am not like one of your female servants.”

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13 “May I continue to find favor in your eyes,(A) my lord,” she said. “You have put me at ease by speaking kindly to your servant—though I do not have the standing of one of your servants.”

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If I have found favor in the eyes of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and perform my request,(A) may the king and Haman come to the banquet I will prepare for them.(B) Tomorrow I will do what the king has asked.”

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If the king regards me with favor(A) and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, let the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet(B) I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”

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Queen Esther answered, “If I have found favor with you, Your Majesty, and if the king is pleased,(A) spare my life; this is my request. And spare my people; this is my desire.(B)

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Then Queen Esther answered, “If I have found favor(A) with you, Your Majesty, and if it pleases you, grant me my life—this is my petition. And spare my people—this is my request.

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