Additions to Esther

11:1 In the fourth yeere of the raigne of Ptolomeus, and Cleopatra, Dositheus, who said hee was a priest and Leuite, and Ptolomeus his sonne brought this Epistle of Phurim, which they said was the same, and that Lysimachus the sonne of Ptolomeus, that was in Ierusalem, had interpreted it.

11:1 In the fourth year of the reign of Ptolemeus and Cleopatra, Dositheus, who said he was a priest and Levite, and Ptolemeus his son, brought this epistle of Phurim, which they said was the same, and that Lysimachus the son of Ptolemeus, that was in Jerusalem, had interpreted it.

11:2 In the second yeere of the raigne of Artaxerxes the great: in the first day of the moneth Nisan, Mardocheus the sonne of Iairus, the sonne of Semei, the sonne of Cisai of the tribe of Beniamin, had a dreame.

11:2 In the second year of the reign of Artexerxes the great, in the first day of the month Nisan, Mardocheus the son of Jairus, the son of Semei, the son of Cisai, of the tribe of Benjamin, had a dream;

11:3 Who was a Iew and dwelt in the citie of Susa, a great man, being a seruitour in the kings court.

11:3 Who was a Jew, and dwelt in the city of Susa, a great man, being a servitor in the king's court.

11:4 He was also one of the captiues, which Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon caried from Ierusalem, with Iechonias king of Iudea; and this was his dreame.

11:4 He was also one of the captives, which Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon carried from Jerusalem with Jechonias king of Judea; and this was his dream:

11:5 Behold a noise of a tumult with thunder, and earthquakes, and vproare in the land.

11:5 Behold a noise of a tumult, with thunder, and earthquakes, and uproar in the land:

11:6 And behold, two great dragons came forth ready to fight, and their crie was great.

11:6 And, behold, two great dragons came forth ready to fight, and their cry was great.

11:7 And at their cry all nations were prepared to battel, that they might fight against the righteous people.

11:7 And at their cry all nations were prepared to battle, that they might fight against the righteous people.

11:8 And loe a day of darknesse and obscurity: tribulation, and anguish, affliction, and great vproare vpon the earth.

11:8 And lo a day of darkness and obscurity, tribulation and anguish, affliction and great uproar, upon earth.

11:9 And the whole righteous nation was troubled, fearing their owne euils, and were ready to perish.

11:9 And the whole righteous nation was troubled, fearing their own evils, and were ready to perish.

11:10 Then they cryed vnto God, and vpon their cry, as it were from a little fountaine, was made a great flood, euen much water.

11:10 Then they cried unto God, and upon their cry, as it were from a little fountain, was made a great flood, even much water.

11:11 The light and the Sunne rose vp, and the lowly were exalted, and deuoured the glorious.

11:11 The light and the sun rose up, and the lowly were exalted, and devoured the glorious.

11:12 Now when Mardocheus, who had seene this dreame, and what God had determined to doe, was awake: he bare this dreame in minde, and vntill night by all meanes was desirous to know it.

11:12 Now when Mardocheus, who had seen this dream, and what God had determined to do, was awake, he bare this dream in mind, and until night by all means was desirous to know it.