In his behalf I had charge of ventures on the sea by ships, and of ventures on land by caravans eastward to Susa and Persepolis, and the lands of silk beyond them.

Perilous passages were they, my daughter; but the Lord blessed all I undertook.

I brought home vast gains for the prince, and richer knowledge for myself, without which I could not have mastered the charges since fallen to me....
One day I was a guest in his house in Jerusalem.

A servant entered with some sliced bread on a platter.

She came to me first.