Job 8:11

Will the river-plant come up in its pride without wet earth? will the grass get tall without water?

Exodus 2:3

And when she was no longer able to keep him secret, she made him a basket out of the stems of water-plants, pasting sticky earth over it to keep the water out; and placing the baby in it she put it among the plants by the edge of the Nile.

Isaiah 19:5-7

And the waters of the sea will be cut off, and the river will become dry and waste:

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Summary

Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

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The rush

Exodus 2:3
And when she was no longer able to keep him secret, she made him a basket out of the stems of water-plants, pasting sticky earth over it to keep the water out; and placing the baby in it she put it among the plants by the edge of the Nile.
Isaiah 19:5
And the waters of the sea will be cut off, and the river will become dry and waste:

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