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14 I grew tall like a palm tree in En-gedi,
    like a rosebush in Jericho,
like a fair olive tree in the field,
    or like a plane tree beside the water.
15 Like cinnamon or camel-thorn I gave forth perfume,
    and like choice myrrh I spread my fragrance,
like galbanum, onycha, and spices
    and like the odor of incense in the tent.
16 I spread out my branches like a terebinth,[a]
    and my branches are glorious and graceful.

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Footnotes

  1. Wisdom of Ben Sira 24:16 Terebinth: a type of oak.