Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the reed grass grow without water?
And, behold! Seven cows were going up from the River, beautiful of appearance and fat of flesh; and they were feeding in the reeds.
Shall they not teach you, speak to you, and bring forth words out of their heart?
While it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it dries out before every plant;
And she was not able to hide him any longer, and she took a basket made of papyrus for him , and she daubed it with bitumen and with pitch. And she put the child in it, and placed it in the reeds by the lip of the Nile.