Does papyrus grow without a marsh, a reed thrive without water?
and saw seven cows coming up out of the river, fine looking and fat, and they fed amongst the reeds,
Do they not teach you, speak to you, and bring forth words from their heart?
While it is yet green, not cut down, it dries out before any plant.
And when she could hide him no longer, she took an ark of wicker for him, and coated it with tar and pitch, and put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the edge of the river.