*Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water?
Behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle, sleek and fat, and they fed in the marsh grass.
Shall they not teach you, tell you, and utter words out of their heart?
While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, it withers before any other reed.
When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with kofer. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river's bank.