Thematic Bible: Flag
Thematic Bible
Flag » Rv, bulrush.
“The waters surrounded me, to the point of death.
The great deep engulfed me,
Seaweed was wrapped around my head.
When she could no longer hide him, she got him a basket (chest) made of papyrus reeds and covered it with tar and pitch [making it waterproof]. Then she put the child in it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.
Verse Concepts
The canals will become foul-smelling,
The streams of Egypt will thin out and dry up,
The reeds and the rushes will rot away.
Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the Nile, and [she, together with] her maidens walked along the river’s bank; she saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid [to get it], and she brought it to her.
Verse Concepts
“Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh?
Can the rushes or reed grass grow without water?
Herbs » Mentioned in scripture » Flag
When she could no longer hide him, she got him a basket (chest) made of papyrus reeds and covered it with tar and pitch [making it waterproof]. Then she put the child in it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.
Verse Concepts
“Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh?
Can the rushes or reed grass grow without water?