Commentary for Megillah 26:1
(איוב לו, ז) לא יגרע מצדיק עיניו בשכר צניעות שהית' בה ברחל זכתה ויצא ממנה שאול ובשכר צניעות שהיה בו בשאול זכה ויצאת ממנו אסתר
“He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous” (Job 36:7)? In reward for the modesty displayed by Rachel, she merited having Saul descend from her; and in reward for the modesty displayed by Saul, he merited having Esther descend from him.
Rashi on Megillah
He withdraws not His eyes from the righteous: He places His eyes upon the act of the righteous, to pay them back, measure for measure, even in much time.
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Rashi on Megillah
She merited that Shaul should descend from her: As he was modest.
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Rashi on Megillah
He merited that Esther should descend from him: Mordechai' ancestry is established in the Targum to the Scroll [of Esther], and it makes him the tenth [generation] from Shaul, and [then further back] from Shaul to Binyamin. And it is written (Esther 2:7), "that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter." But he has no other proof from the verses that she descended from Shaul.
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