All the birds of the heavens nested in his boughs, and under his branches all the beasts of the field gave birth, and in his shadow dwelt all great nations.
The cedars did not overshadow him in the garden of God. The fir trees were not like his boughs, and the plane trees were not like his branches. Every tree in the garden of God was not like him in its beauty.
Its leaves were beautiful, and its fruit plentiful, and food for all was in it. The beast of the field sought shade under it, and the birds of the heaven dwelt in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it.