Esther had not shewed ... — From the hope on Mordecai’s part that she might pass for a native Persian, and that her Jewish birth should be no hindrance to her advancement. The king does not learn his wife’s nation till some time afterwards (Esther 7:4).
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Esther 2:10
10 Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.