And he took some of the seed of the land, planting it in fertile earth, placing it by great waters; he put it in like a willow-tree.

Your mother was in comparison like a vine, planted by the waters: she was fertile and full of branches because of the great waters.

Man and beast will be increased in you, and they will have offspring and be fertile: I will make you thickly peopled as you were before, and will do more for you than at the first: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.