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Abundant water made it great,
    Subterranean rivers made it grow.
Rivers surrounded the area where it had been planted,
    and water channels nourished all the trees in the fields.
That’s why it grew taller than any of the trees in the fields.
    Its boughs flourished.
Its branches grew luxurious
    because all the water made it spread out well.
The birds in the sky made nests in its boughs;
    all the beasts of the field gave birth under its branches.
        All the great nations rested in its shade.

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