Job 8:11
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11 “Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh?
Can reeds flourish where there is no water?
Isaiah 19:5-7
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5 The waters of the Nile will be dried up,
and the river will be parched and dry;(A)
6 its canals will become foul,
and the branches of Egypt’s Nile will diminish and dry up.
Reeds and rushes will rot away,(B)
7 the reeds beside the Nile;[a]
all that is sown by the Nile will dry up,
be driven away, and be no more.
Footnotes
- 19.7 Gk: Heb beside the Nile, beside the mouth of the Nile
Exodus 2:3
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3 When she could hide him no longer she got a papyrus basket for him and plastered it with bitumen and pitch; she put the child in it and placed it among the reeds on the bank of the river.
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