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Thematic Bible



The waters engulfed me up to the neck;
the watery depths overcame me;
seaweed was wrapped around my head.

But when she could no longer hide him, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with asphalt and pitch. She placed the child in it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.

The channels will stink;
they will dwindle, and Egypt’s canals will be parched.
Reed and rush will die.

Pharaoh’s daughter went down to bathe at the Nile while her servant girls walked along the riverbank. Seeing the basket among the reeds, she sent her slave girl to get it.

Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh?
Do reeds flourish without water?


But when she could no longer hide him, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with asphalt and pitch. She placed the child in it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.

Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh?
Do reeds flourish without water?


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