“Can papyrus grow up where there is no swamp? Can rushes grow tall without water?
Suddenly, seven nice-looking, well-fed cows came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.
Won’t their words teach you? Won’t they share their thoughts with you?
Even if they were fresh and not cut, they would wither quicker than grass.
When she couldn’t hide him any longer, she took a basket made of papyrus plants and coated it with tar and pitch. She put the baby in it and set it among the papyrus plants near the bank of the Nile River.