40 You will be over my house, and all my people will obey your commands.[a](A) Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”

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  1. Genesis 41:40 Lit will kiss your mouth

40 You shall be in charge of my palace,(A) and all my people are to submit to your orders.(B) Only with respect to the throne will I be greater than you.(C)

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Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus,(A) famous among the Jews, and highly popular with many of his relatives.(B) He continued to seek good for his people and to speak for the welfare of all his descendants.(C)

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Mordecai the Jew was second(A) in rank(B) to King Xerxes,(C) preeminent among the Jews, and held in high esteem by his many fellow Jews, because he worked for the good of his people and spoke up for the welfare of all the Jews.(D)

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